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Administrators announced £4.6m shortfall at Honisters

Grant Thornton administrators have revealed a £4.6m shortfall in payment to creditors following the collapse of financial advisory business Honisters Capital

15 Oct 2012

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SFP administrator brothers called to BRK Engineering

Daniel and Simon Plant called to BRK after over-trading led to cashflow problems

11 Oct 2012

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Partners at collapsed Dewey & LeBoeuf pay to waive liabilites

About 450 ex-partners pay a $71.5m (£45m) settlement in exchange for waiver from future debt liabilities at the collapsed firm

11 Oct 2012

Duff & Phelps make 118 redundant at Paramount Foods

Administrators make a quarter of the workforce redundant at frozen food manufacturer

10 Oct 2012

Waverley administrators make nearly 700 redundancies

Deloitte administrators have been unable to find a buyer for the drinks distributor

09 Oct 2012

Lehman administrators settle on $12.6bn claim from US arm

UK administrators agree $12.6bn(£7.8bn) settlement of $24bn claim against the US arm of Lehmans, in return for the US arm dropping its own $13.8bn claim

08 Oct 2012

PKF administrators called to cricket specialists Romida

Kerry Bailey and Jon Newell, both partners at PKF, appointed joint administrators of cricket equipment supplier Romida

05 Oct 2012

Begbies Taynor administrators arrange pre-pack of United Carpets

Pre-pack of United Carpets sees 72 stores and about 400 jobs bought by the parent company

05 Oct 2012

Rangers FC tax debt rockets by £73m

Duff & Phelps administrators’ latest creditor report shows Rangers' tax bill now stands at £94m

03 Oct 2012

More than 2,000 jobs go as JJB Sports enters administration

KPMG administrators arrange pre-pack of retailer, saving 550 jobs with the sale of 20 stores

01 Oct 2012

SFP administrator brothers called to Hackman Printers

More than 60 jobs at risk as printing company enters administration

25 Sep 2012

KPMG administrators to arrange pre-pack sale of JJB

JJB announces that sale is likely to take place just after administrators are appointed

24 Sep 2012

800 redundancies as Duff & Phelps to close Allders

Administrators have been unable to find a buyer for Croyden-based Allders and will cease trading the business in two weeks

10 Sep 2012

FRP administrators sell Rapier to ex-CEO

Former CEO Jonathan Stead and CHI & Partners buy Rapier out of administration saving the nine-strong workforce

07 Sep 2012

FRP administrators discuss selling Rapier to ex-CEO

Administrators speak to ex-CEO on a possible sale to his new company

05 Sep 2012

KPMG administrators achieve rescue deal at Travelodge

KPMG practitioners secure CVA at Travelodge which has a litany of compromises to appease landlords

04 Sep 2012

Property business enters administration after collapse of tenant

Begbies Traynor administrators called to listed property company All Points North after its bank withdrew support and its tenant became insolvent

03 Sep 2012

Rangers FC administrators reveal finances at collapsed club

Duff & Phelps administrators have released a report highlighting their remuneration, trading costs, legal fees and the cost of compiling the failed rescue deal

29 Aug 2012

FRP administrators save 30 jobs at construction contractor

Administrators sell national contractor Mark Cobb Installations to former customer WT Parker (Retail) Ltd

29 Aug 2012

KPMG organises pre-pack of Mouchel to lenders

Administrators organise sale of Mouchel assets to MRBL Limited, a new company owned by affiliates of its lenders

28 Aug 2012

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Profession reaches end of its tether with PAC

After the Public Accounts Committee's latest hearing - in which it heavily criticised Google's tax affairs - many advisers have had enough

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After seeing a 70% rise in demand, Calum Fuller visited the Chartered Accountants Benevolent Association to learn more about its efforts to provide support

Success of FRS 102 needs to be replicated on going concern

The consultation process for FRS 102 was arguably the most wide-ranging the FRC has ever conducted. It should apply the same rigour to going concern

Colin: Colin was here

Colin loves to be the centre of attention, as the Sky News Twitter account can testify

Taking Stock: Life in the slow lane

It was less Wacky Races and more Sunday driving as a team from Reeves helped raise £15,000 for charity as part of a race to Monaco

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