End to Railtrack administration in sight
Business Recovery

End to Railtrack administration in sight

24y Adriana Zea

End to Railtrack administration in sight

Railtrack could come out of administration as early as the end of this week or next week, Accountancyage.com has learned. Read More...

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The 'super creditor' rule
Business Recovery

The 'super creditor' rule

24y Accountancy Age

The 'super creditor' rule

As football clubs face their greatest crisis, the question of football creditor status is being pushed into the headlines. Here, Lee Manning and Mike ...

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XO joins US telco bankruptcy march
Business Recovery

XO joins US telco bankruptcy march

24y Accountancy Age

XO joins US telco bankruptcy march

Yet another debt-strapped US phone company has filed for bankruptcy protection. This time its XO Communications which joins a long list of US carriers...

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Government saves bankrupts' homes
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Government saves bankrupts' homes

24y our parliamentary staff

Government saves bankrupts' homes

The government has acted to limit the threat of seizure of a bankrupt's home to pay off debt's to a period of three years from the date of bankruptcy....

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Defence in tatters at debt-riddled Notts County
Business Recovery

Defence in tatters at debt-riddled Notts County

24y Alex Miller.

Defence in tatters at debt-riddled Notts County

The world's oldest football league side, Notts County, has today become the latest club to have entered into administration, in a bid to pay off long-...

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Banks close doors on Enterprise bill
Business Recovery

Banks close doors on Enterprise bill

24y Accountancy Age

Banks close doors on Enterprise bill

Under the terms of the Enterprise Bill, banks will be unable to appoint receivers in the event of default. This, together with the uncertainty of the ...

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Usual suspects bid for ITV digital licences
Business Recovery

Usual suspects bid for ITV digital licences

24y Larry Schlesinger

Usual suspects bid for ITV digital licences

ITV, Channel 4 and the BBC are among the companies to have submitted bids for the digital terrestrial television licences left following the collapse ...

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Recovery hopes fade for ailing businesses
Business Recovery

Recovery hopes fade for ailing businesses

24y Adriana Zea

Recovery hopes fade for ailing businesses

Business recovery experts say fewer investors are making inquiries into troubled businesses that are up for sale. Read More...

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Begbies seeks buyer for £15m mansion
Business Recovery

Begbies seeks buyer for £15m mansion

24y Adriana Zea

Begbies seeks buyer for £15m mansion

Much mystery and public interest has surrounded half-built luxurious mansion Updown Court. And the house's insolvency is as unusual as its enigmatic p...

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Sports.com to be sold for 'seven figure sum'
Business Recovery

Sports.com to be sold for 'seven figure sum'

24y Adriana Zea

Sports.com to be sold for 'seven figure sum'

Baker Tilly is expecting to raise a seven-figure sum from the sale of troubled digital sports channel Sports.com, the accounting firm revealed today. ...

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Bankrupts shunned by finance directors
Business Recovery

Bankrupts shunned by finance directors

24y Accountancy Age

Bankrupts shunned by finance directors

Would the relaxing of bankruptcy laws in the Enterprise Bill encourage you to do business with a discharged bankrupt? Read More...

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IPs fall foul of football cases
Business Recovery

IPs fall foul of football cases

24y Adriana Zea

IPs fall foul of football cases

Insolvency practitioners will be discouraged from becoming involved in football administrations because they are increasingly likely to lose money on ...

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Future looking brighter for Global Crossing Asia
Business Recovery

Future looking brighter for Global Crossing Asia

24y Accountancy Age

Future looking brighter for Global Crossing Asia

Asia Global Crossing said yesterday that it had received restructuring proposals from at least two parties in a bid to raise $250m (£169m) in debt and...

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Hong Kong bankruptcies spiral amid recession
Business Recovery

Hong Kong bankruptcies spiral amid recession

24y Larry Schlesinger

Hong Kong bankruptcies spiral amid recession

A second economic recession in five years, rising unemployment and a general global slowdown have all contributed to a massive rise in bankruptcies in...

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Carlisle shoot into voluntary administration
Business Recovery

Carlisle shoot into voluntary administration

24y Alex Miller.

Carlisle shoot into voluntary administration

Football minnows Carlisle United, have been placed into voluntary administration, after the club was served a winding-up petition by the Inland Revenu...

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Bury fans 'Saved their Shakers'
Business Recovery

Bury fans 'Saved their Shakers'

24y Adriana Zea

Bury fans 'Saved their Shakers'

Bury football club has been snatched from the jaws of liquidation after a group of fans set up a trust and bought the ailing club - in addition admini...

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Football players face job losses
Business Recovery

Football players face job losses

24y Adriana Zea

Football players face job losses

Professional footballers could find themselves with unenforceable contracts, or even redundant, if the Nationwide Football League accepts a proposal f...

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Creditors take control of Hynix
Business Recovery

Creditors take control of Hynix

24y Accountancy Age

Creditors take control of Hynix

Patriotic soccer fans were not the only South Koreans celebrating thisweek as the country's troubled semiconductor company Hynix reported thatcreditor...

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Louise Brittain: bankruptcy specialist
Business Recovery

Louise Brittain: bankruptcy specialist

24y Adriana Zea

Louise Brittain: bankruptcy specialist

It takes a steely nerve, self-confidence and bags of common sense to become one of the country's most respected - and feared - bankruptcy specialists....

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No World Cup celebration for digital sports channel
Business Recovery

No World Cup celebration for digital sports channel

24y Damian Wild

No World Cup celebration for digital sports channe...

Just hours before kick-off in one of the world's biggest sports event, Europe's leading digital sports channel provider was today placed into administ...

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Bye, bye Byers
Business Recovery

Bye, bye Byers

24y Accountancy Age

Bye, bye Byers

A lot has been written about Stephen Byers in recent days and weeks (The Sun's Liar Byers - Pants of Fire is perhaps the most memorable) but it should...

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Super creditor rule to play on
Business Recovery

Super creditor rule to play on

24y Adriana Zea

Super creditor rule to play on

The Nationwide Football League has said it will maintain the 'super creditor' rule for football clubs, increasing the difficulties insolvency practiti...

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Global Crossing's UK network up for sale
Business Recovery

Global Crossing's UK network up for sale

24y Accountancy Age

Global Crossing's UK network up for sale

Bankrupt telecom giant Global Crossing is planning to sell its UK data network business as part of a series of sales it hopes will enable it to put to...

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Creditors descend on Eastgold meeting
Business Recovery

Creditors descend on Eastgold meeting

24y Adriana Zea

Creditors descend on Eastgold meeting

More than 3500 creditors are expected at the creditors' meeting for the liquidation of Eastgold Limited tomorrow (Friday). Read More...

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London Electricity demands £200m Enron payout
Business Recovery

London Electricity demands £200m Enron payout

24y Alex Miller.

London Electricity demands £200m Enron payout

UK power company London Electricity believes it is owed £200m by Enron Europe, and has filed a claim with its adminstrator, PricewaterhouseCoopers, fo...

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Global Crossing takeover collapses
Business Recovery

Global Crossing takeover collapses

24y Accountancy Age

Global Crossing takeover collapses

Bankrupt telco Global Crossing conceded yesterday (Sunday) that its proposed takeover by Hutchison Whampoa and Singapore Technologies Telemedia has co...

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Corporate disaster: How to handle a hot potato
Business Recovery

Corporate disaster: How to handle a hot potato

24y Philip Smith.

Corporate disaster: How to handle a hot potato

So you've just been appointed administrator to one of the big boys ... loads of money, a public profile for your firm, life couldn't better. Then the ...

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