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Insolvency

Jason Baker

FRP administrators discuss selling Rapier to ex-CEO

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

05 Sep 2012

Paul Stanley

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

Bridge Business Recovery

Ex-Bridge partner declared bankrupt

Collapsed insovlency firm Bridge Business Recovery founder James Bradney files for bankruptcy

20 Aug 2012

KPMG administrators appointed to Dawson International

KPMG administrators have been appointed to cashmere manufacturer after the Pension Protection Fund rejected a deal

16 Aug 2012

Portsmouth player blames administrators as liquidation looms

With three days left until the liquidation deadline, administrators contine to negotiate deals to remove the final two senior players

07 Aug 2012

Bankruptcies continue to fall in the UK

Personal insolvency down but simplified bankruptcy gains popularity

06 Aug 2012

Three’s not a crowd when funding is needed

Third-party funding in legal cases has just become more costly but it’s not the death of this form of raising finance to fund litigation, explains William Evans

23 Jul 2012

Zolfo Cooper appoints financial services MD

Zolfo Cooper strengthens financial services industry offering with the appointment of a new managing director

18 Jul 2012

Liquidator disqualified for 12 years by High Court

Landmark ruling sees High Court disqualify an insolvency practitioner for 12 years following his actions while appointed to a business

17 Jul 2012

Creditors swap RSM Tenon for PKF as liquidators

The creditors for collapsed wine distributor D & D Wines International swap RSM Tenon administrators for PKF liquidators

10 Jul 2012

SFO reopens Weavering Capital investigation

Following Duff & Phelps liquidators’ High Court victory against Weavering Capital, the SFO decides to reopen an investigation into the fund

09 Jul 2012

Administrators close 229 Clinton Cards stores

Zolfo Cooper administrators announce a further 17 store closures which brings the total so far to 229

05 Jul 2012

Legal disputes delay MF Global creditor payments

Lehman Brothers judgment and ongoing appeal against US parent company sees KPMG administrators delay repayment to creditors

04 Jul 2012

Creditors approve Portsmouth CVA deal

Rescue deal approved at Portsmouth, which is likely to pay creditors 2p for every pound owed and allow ongoing negotiations from Pompey Supporters’ Trust

26 Jun 2012

Banks pursue ex-Dewey partners over practice loans

Former partners of bankrupt firm Dewey & LeBoeuf are being pursued by banks trying to reclaim money they lent through professional practice loans Citi is among the lenders attempting to claw back loans made to both lateral hires and internal partner promotions at Dewey to fund their capital contributions to the firm, according to ex-partners.

25 Jun 2012

KPMG secures rescue deal at Fitness First

Rescue deal sees Fitness First walk away from 67 sites, as well as paying a mixture of monthly and reduced rent

21 Jun 2012

PKF administrators make 87 redundancies at Cecil Jacobs

Administrators have had to close all but one of the 19 stores in Cecil Jacob’s property portfolio following its collapse

20 Jun 2012

Clinton Cards store closures hits 221

Administrators of Clinton Cards announce further 122 store closures

15 Jun 2012

Duff & Phelps administrators called to Allders

One of the UK’s largest department stores collapses into administration

15 Jun 2012

Molinare rescued in pre-pack deal

Molinare sold to former owner in a pre-pack administration handled by Springfields

15 Jun 2012

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Leader: Will younger generation push for a UK institute?

Will British institutes learn from a New Zealand/Australia merger - or have the Trans/Tasmans already learned from them?

Jo Swinson: More needed but insolvency reform step in the right direction

Consumer affairs minister Jo Swinson writes for Accountancy Age on the incoming reforms to insolvency practitioners’ regulation.

FRC is sounding like a modern day Cassandra

Concerns raised in the FRC's latest round of audit inspections sound strikingly familar. Why has the profession failed to address them?

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Don't COP out of guiding clients through tax mire

Anita Brook of Accounts Assist gives a hands-on guide to Code of Practice 9

Taking Stock: Accountancy and the sheriff of Cumbria

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Colin: Hey diddle (tax) diddle

Colin offers his assessment of the pressure on 'tax havens'

Colin: Don't panic! (about avoidance)

Colin succinctly rounds up the latest court ruling on tax avoidance and advisers' responsiblities

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