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Pre-Pack

230 jobs saved as training business goes through pre-pack

KRE Corporate Recovery leads pre-pack of Harrow-based TLE

11 Jun 2013

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KPMG administrators rack up £2.4m fees for JJB

Administrators’ fees come in at £2.4m with the team also applying to extend the administration 24 months when it comes to an end in September

10 May 2013

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Review of pre-packs needed to allay concerns

The Government’s planned review of pre-pack administrations is needed to allay concerns argues Andrew Taylor

01 May 2013

KPMG administrators sell Metalrax in pre-pack

Pre-pack sale of engineering company saves nearly 200 jobs after the company struggled when WM Morrisons walked away last year

05 Apr 2013

Government to launch review of pre-pack administrations

Government announces that it will undertake an independent review of pre-pack administrations to be launched in late spring

12 Mar 2013

E&Y administrators arrange Dreams pre-pack

Ernst & Young administrators arrange pre-pack sale of Dreams to Sun Capital Partners but not for the whole business

06 Mar 2013

KPMG administrators arrange pre-pack of Cobbetts

Pre-pack saves more than 400 jobs at Cobbetts but debt recovery arm Incasso was not part of the deal and its future remains uncertain

07 Feb 2013

IPs need tougher sanctions in pre-packs, says BIS

Pre-packs need more transparency, claims a Business Innovation and Skills select committee

06 Feb 2013

KPMG administrators to arrange pre-pack of Cobbetts

DWF is set to acquire financially stricken Cobbetts in a pre-pack administration deal

01 Feb 2013

Accounting black hole sees PR firm sold in pre-pack

Chantrey Vellacott administrators sell Ward Lovett Advertising after a fraud was discovered at the firm

24 Jan 2013

Pickfords sold in pre-pack to offload pension liabilities

BDO administrators sell Pickfords to management to offload its defined benefit pension

05 Dec 2012

KPMG administrators say JJB creditors will receive next to nothing

Collapsed retailer owes £212m to unsecured creditors, with just £600,000 to share out. Shareholders also to receive no repayment

30 Nov 2012

Leonard Curtis administrators sort Harley Medical pre-pack

Leonard Curtis administrators organise pre-pack for Harley Medical Group following legal claims from women affected by faulty breast implants

26 Nov 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

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

Molinare rescued in pre-pack deal

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

15 Jun 2012

21 IPs reported for pre-pack non-compliance in 2011

Non-compliance of pre-packs sees 21 practitioners reported in 2011 compared to just 15 in 2010.

15 May 2012

R3 defends profession against British Property Federation

Insolvency trade body R3 hits back at British Property Federation’s calls for better regulation

20 Apr 2012

BPF calls for changes to pre-packs to restore fairness

British Property Federation launch campaign calling for changes to insolvency regulation

20 Apr 2012

PwC arranges Donn solicitor pre-pack

PwC sells personal injury solicitor firm to rivals in pre-pack

28 Mar 2012

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