Sented candle retailer goes bust
Business Recovery

Sented candle retailer goes bust

24y Liesbeth Evers

Sented candle retailer goes bust

High Street candle retailer Wax Lyrical has been placed into receivership by its US owner Blyth. Read More...

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Chapter 11 under fire
Business Recovery

Chapter 11 under fire

24y AccountancyAge.com

Chapter 11 under fire

Chapter 11, the popular US insolvency procedure, has come under attack for being unfair and allowing some companies to escape their debts, so they can...

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York City becomes the next football victim
Business Recovery

York City becomes the next football victim

24y Paul Grant

York City becomes the next football victim

Football club York City has became the latest in what is likely to be a long line of struggling clubs to go into administration. Read More...

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US insurance giant files for bankruptcy
Business Recovery

US insurance giant files for bankruptcy

24y Adriana Zea

US insurance giant files for bankruptcy

Insurance and loan giant Conseco has filed for bankruptcy with debts of £4bn ($6.5bn), becoming the third biggest US insolvency after WorldCom and Enr...

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WorldCom continues boardroom clearout
Business Recovery

WorldCom continues boardroom clearout

24y David Rae

WorldCom continues boardroom clearout

Six WorldCom directors have resigned in a move which will help sever all ties with the telecom group's $9bn accounting fraud. Read More...

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Lineker consortium to negotiate Leicester bid
Business Recovery

Lineker consortium to negotiate Leicester bid

24y Adriana Zea

Lineker consortium to negotiate Leicester bid

Administrators at Deloitte & Touche are in negotiations with Gary Lineker's consortium to secure a bid for first division club Leicester City. Rea...

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Marconi to complete restructuring by the Spring
Business Recovery

Marconi to complete restructuring by the Spring

24y AccountancyAge.com

Marconi to complete restructuring by the Spring

Cash-strapped telecoms equipment manufacturer Marconi has forged out a restructuring deal with its banks and bondholders which should allow it to repa...

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Enterprise Bill does not please all
Business Recovery

Enterprise Bill does not please all

24y Adriana Zea

Enterprise Bill does not please all

The Enterprise Bill may now have been passed with the new insolvency regime set to be set in stone, but the debate surrounding the new business recove...

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Business recovery: news in brief
Business Recovery

Business recovery: news in brief

24y Accountancy Age

Business recovery: news in brief

PKF partners Philip Long and Jon Newell are preparing to issue a contract for the sale of Jensen Motors Limited after nearly six months of sifting thr...

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Insolvency firm may go under
Business Recovery

Insolvency firm may go under

24y Paul Grant

Insolvency firm may go under

Partners at insolvency firm Casson Beckman could themselves face bankruptcy proceedings this week. Read More...

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Jagger's wines under threat at Trapps
Business Recovery

Jagger's wines under threat at Trapps

24y Adriana Zea

Jagger's wines under threat at Trapps

Mick Jagger could be among the 600 customers who may lose the expensive wines and spirits they had stored in Trapps Cellars if they fail to recover it...

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Grant Thornton calls in ITV Digital boxes
Business Recovery

Grant Thornton calls in ITV Digital boxes

24y Larry Schlesinger

Grant Thornton calls in ITV Digital boxes

Grant Thornton, the liquidator of collapsed pay-TV company ITV Digital, is trying to recover some of the company's assets by calling on subscribers to...

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E&Y looks for budget chain buyers
Business Recovery

E&Y looks for budget chain buyers

24y Larry Schlesinger

E&Y looks for budget chain buyers

Administrators from Ernst & Young are looking for buyers for budget retail chains, What Everyone Wants and Famous Brunswick Warehouse, which both coll...

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Debt-ridden United Airlines files for Chapter 11
Business Recovery

Debt-ridden United Airlines files for Chapter 11

24y Larry Schlesinger

Debt-ridden United Airlines files for Chapter 11

UAL, the parent company for United Airlines, the world's second biggest airline, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after being unable to ...

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United Airlines fights to remain solvent
Business Recovery

United Airlines fights to remain solvent

24y Adriana Zea

United Airlines fights to remain solvent

United Airlines is scrambling to put together a financing package as it fights to remain solvent amid speculation of an imminent bankruptcy. Read More...

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MyTravel in the red after accounts adjustment
Business Recovery

MyTravel in the red after accounts adjustment

24y Liesbeth Evers

MyTravel in the red after accounts adjustment

The backlash of aggressive accountancy policies have dragged tour operator MyTravel into the red for the first time in its 31-year history. Read More...

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Another lifeline for British Energy
Business Recovery

Another lifeline for British Energy

24y Adriana Zea

Another lifeline for British Energy

Beleaguered nuclear power generator British Energy has been thrown a lifeline by the government, as the £650m loan it was given in September, was exte...

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Government ponders fate of British Energy
Business Recovery

Government ponders fate of British Energy

24y Adriana Zea

Government ponders fate of British Energy

The fate of British Energy looms in the balance today as the government decides whether to extend a £650m loan to save the beleaguered giant from admi...

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Regulators plan to KO rogue IPs
Business Recovery

Regulators plan to KO rogue IPs

24y Adriana Zea

Regulators plan to KO rogue IPs

Rogue insolvency practitioners could be squeezed out of the market as a result of plans by the UK's three biggest insolvency regulators to better coor...

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Deloitte receives bids for Leicester City
Business Recovery

Deloitte receives bids for Leicester City

24y Adriana Zea

Deloitte receives bids for Leicester City

Gary Lineker's consortium is believed to be one of two bidders that are currently being considered by Leicester City administrators for the sale of th...

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Lineker to bid for Leicester City
Business Recovery

Lineker to bid for Leicester City

24y AccountancyAge.com

Lineker to bid for Leicester City

A consortium, led by Gary Lineker, has put a bid to Leicester City Football Club administrators, to buy the cash-strapped First Division club. Read Mo...

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Leicester City shares de-listed from AIM
Business Recovery

Leicester City shares de-listed from AIM

24y Adriana Zea

Leicester City shares de-listed from AIM

The shares of cash-strapped First Division club Leicester City have been de-listed from the Alternative Investment Market, after administrators from D...

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EU to back British Energy loan
Business Recovery

EU to back British Energy loan

24y Adriana Zea

EU to back British Energy loan

The European Commission is expected to back the controversial £650m government loan to British Energy in an attempt to pull the struggling power giant...

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KPMG and E&Y appointed to revive TXU
Business Recovery

KPMG and E&Y appointed to revive TXU

24y Adriana Zea

KPMG and E&Y appointed to revive TXU

KPMG and Ernst & Young have been appointed administrators for the UK subsidiary of TXU after the US power company failed to pay its debts due to the s...

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PwC takes orders at Brannigans
Business Recovery

PwC takes orders at Brannigans

24y Larry Schlesinger

PwC takes orders at Brannigans

Big Four firm PricewaterhouseCoopers has been appointed as administrative receiver to Mustard Entertainment Restaurants Limited, which operates the pu...

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New Act throws insolvency wide open
Business Recovery

New Act throws insolvency wide open

24y Adriana Zea

New Act throws insolvency wide open

The insolvency market will be thrown wide open under the Enterprise Act as banks are forced to abandon their 'preferred insolvency panels' to deal wit...

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Giuliani tipped for top WorldCom post
Business Recovery

Giuliani tipped for top WorldCom post

24y AccountancyAge.com

Giuliani tipped for top WorldCom post

Reports suggest that former New York mayor and September 11 hero Rudolph Giuliani may make a play for chairman of embattled telecom WorldCom. Read Mor...

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