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Leonard Curtis administrators sell jeweller in pre-pack

Administrators John Titley and Andrew Poxon from Leonard Curtis were appointed to the international jeweller Abbeycrest

09 Feb 2012

SME winding-up costs to rise as tax concession tightened

Tax breaks on voluntary winding up orders reduced in effort to counter tax avoidance

06 Feb 2012

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P&A Partnership administrators called to joinery giant

UK’s largest independent window and door manufacturer Oakworth Joinery enters administration

06 Feb 2012

Clarke takes partner role at Larking Gowen

Adam Clarke promoted within Larking Gowen's business recovery team

03 Feb 2012

HMRC urged to meet with Portsmouth FC by PM

David Cameron urges HMRC to speak with Portsmouth FC to negotiate a rescue plan

02 Feb 2012

CSI administrators reveal pay freeze at Portsmouth

Following HMRC’s winding up petition UHY Hacker Young administrators inform staff of pay freeze

31 Jan 2012

KPMG bills £6.7m for six months on Aero Inventory

Administrators rack up £33.4m in fees for two years work on the collapsed manufacturer

30 Jan 2012

Government makes u-turn on pre-packs

The government has ditched proposed radical changes to pre-packs

26 Jan 2012

PwC takes on major London oil refinery administration

Administrators from PwC take on Thames oil refinery Petroplus

25 Jan 2012

KPMG spent as much as it recovered in Bridge administration

Administrators spent more than they recovered in Bridge administration with creditors owed £4.1m

24 Jan 2012

Deloitte administrators called to motorcycle retailer

Richard Hawes and Robin Allen cease trading at George White Motors making 61 employees redundant

20 Jan 2012

More than 200 jobs go at collapsed Peacocks

KPMG administrators make nearly 250 redundancies at collapsed clothing retailer Peacocks

19 Jan 2012

Deloitte administrators called to children’s clothing store

Pumpkin Patch calls in Deloitte administrators Daniel Butters and Richard Hawes

19 Jan 2012

High Court judge warns against bankruptcy proposals

Stephen Baister warns that government's bankruptcy proposals will fail to remove cost from the process, and has serious implications for the judiciary process

19 Jan 2012

Begbies predicts UK at rock bottom

Begbies' Red Flag report shows professional service firms hardest hit by financial difficulty

19 Jan 2012

Peacocks calls in KPMG administrators

High street retailer employing about 13,000 staff has entered administration with four KPMG partners appointed to it

19 Jan 2012

KPMG earns £6.4m fees from Connaught collapse

KPMG defends fees earned from administration of collapsed social housing contractor

17 Jan 2012

KPMG administrators lined up for Peacock pre-pack

KPMG insolvency practitioners lined up to take on possible pre-pack sale of retailing giant Peacocks.

17 Jan 2012

KPMG administrators called to gift retailer

High street loses another retailer as Past Times calls in KPMG administrators

17 Jan 2012

Deloitte administrators sell Barratts to management

Administrators sell Barratts Priceless to existing management safeguarding 1,184 jobs

16 Jan 2012

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Penny Avis' book Nevermind the Botox Rachel

Video: From corporate finance to author

Rachael Singh interviews self-published author and former Deloitte partner Penny Avis on her novel "Nevermind the Botox Rachel"

ABI wants cover for insurance accounting

With insurance accounting up in the air, the ABI wants the right balance between consistency of application while avoiding the burden of new rules

Permanently check out of business record-keeping scheme

Taxman should find a better use of its 120 Business Record Checks staff, says Kevin Reed

Bankruptcy tourism - it's not a holiday

Foreign nationals may think it is an easy ride to bankrupt themselves here, but Neil Smyth warns it is just as tough

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The benefits and pitfalls of partnership status

Solicitor Tim Marshall explains the issues to bear in mind when thinking about your firm's structure

Who’s not Who?

IT SEEMS Deloitte's CEO David Sproul has been left in the shadows by colleague Louise Brittain.

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