Johnston Carmichael appointed as joint administrators for Axon Well

Accounting Firms Johnston Carmichael appointed as joint administrators for Axon Well

7y Stephanie Wix, Writer

Johnston Carmichael appointed as joint administrat...

Partners from Johnston Carmichael have been appointed as joint administrators to Axon Well Interventions Products UK Read More...

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Begbies Traynor appointed administrators of William Anelay

Accounting Firms Begbies Traynor appointed administrators of William Anelay

7y Richard Crump, Writer

Begbies Traynor appointed administrators of Willia...

Begbies Traynor have been appointed administrators of William Anelay Ltd, York, one of Britain’s longest-established construction and heritage restora...

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Smith & Williamson appointed administrators of 4Children

Accounting Firms Smith & Williamson appointed administrators of 4Children

7y Richard Crump, Writer

Smith & Williamson appointed administrators of 4Ch...

Smith & Williamson has been appointed administrators of charity 4Children Read More...

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Big Four insolvency specialist joins Gibson Hewitt

Business Recovery Big Four insolvency specialist joins Gibson Hewitt

7y Richard Crump, Writer

Big Four insolvency specialist joins Gibson Hewitt

Insolvency and business recovery firm Gibson Hewitt has recruited a new manager from one of the UK’s top four accountancy practices Read More...

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Director banned for failing to keep proper accounting records

Business Recovery Director banned for failing to keep proper accounting records

7y Richard Crump, Writer

Director banned for failing to keep proper account...

The director of a company set up to market a fuel-saving device has been disqualified for failing to maintain and preserve proper records Read More...

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Cowgill Holloway concludes sale of film distributor Metrodome

Accounting Firms Cowgill Holloway concludes sale of film distributor Metrodome

7y Richard Crump, Writer

Cowgill Holloway concludes sale of film distributo...

Cowgill Holloway Business Recovery has concluded the sale of assets of film distributor Metrodome to independent movie distributor 101 Films following...

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PwC must face MF Global lawsuit over accounting advice

Accounting Firms PwC must face MF Global lawsuit over accounting advice

7y Richard Crump, Writer

PwC must face MF Global lawsuit over accounting ad...

PwC must face $1bn lawsuit over claims it provided bad accounting advice which contributed to the 2011 collapse of MF Global Read More...

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Number of winding up petitions filed by HMRC rises by 13%

Business Recovery Number of winding up petitions filed by HMRC rises by 13%

7y Richard Crump, Writer

Number of winding up petitions filed by HMRC rises...

HMRC filed 3,484 winding up petitions in 2015, up from the 3,074 applications filed the previous year Read More...

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FRP Advisory sells Harland Machine Systems to Accraply Europe

Accounting Firms FRP Advisory sells Harland Machine Systems to Accraply Europe

7y Richard Crump, Writer

FRP Advisory sells Harland Machine Systems to Accr...

FRP Advisory sells business and assets of Harland Machine Systems Limited to Accraply Europe Limited Read More...

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CVR Global sells DMG Steelworkers out of administration in pre-pack deal

Accounting Firms CVR Global sells DMG Steelworkers out of administration in pre-pack deal

7y Richard Crump, Writer

CVR Global sells DMG Steelworkers out of administr...

Manufacturer DMG Steelworkers has been sold out of administration in a pre-pack deal by insolvency and restructuring firm CVR Global Read More...

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New government fees will undermine insolvency regime, R3 warns

Business Recovery New government fees will undermine insolvency regime, R3 warns

7y Richard Crump, Writer

New government fees will undermine insolvency regi...

By threatening creditor returns, the government could undermine the UK’s World Bank insolvency ranking and cost creditors £8m a year, trade body R3 wa...

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CVR Global administrators appointed at foreign language school

Accounting Firms CVR Global administrators appointed at foreign language school

7y Richard Crump, Writer

CVR Global administrators appointed at foreign lan...

Lee De’ath and Richard Toone, partners at CVR Global, were appointed joint-administrators of Lexden Centre (Oxford) Limited, trading as Colchester Eng...

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AlixPartners advises Store Twenty One on CVA deal with creditors

Accounting Firms AlixPartners advises Store Twenty One on CVA deal with creditors

7y Richard Crump, Writer

AlixPartners advises Store Twenty One on CVA deal ...

Peter Saville, Ryan Grant and Anne O’Keefe of AlixPartners will now become the supervisors of the CVA and monitor the implementation of the proposal R...

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FRP Advisory appointed administrators to The Dunne Group Limited 

Accounting Firms FRP Advisory appointed administrators to The Dunne Group Limited 

7y Richard Crump, Writer

FRP Advisory appointed administrators to The Dunne...

Tom MacLennan, Iain Fraser and Geoff Rowley, partners at FRP Advisory, appointed as joint administrators to The Dunne Group Limited and five subsidiar...

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Consumer deposits need greater protection in retail insolvencies

Business Recovery Consumer deposits need greater protection in retail insolvencies

7y Richard Crump, Writer

Consumer deposits need greater protection in retai...

Law Commission recommends that consumers paying a cash deposit of £250 or more within six months of a retailer entering insolvency should be given lim...

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PwC’s business recovery services team appoints four new partners

Accounting Firms PwC’s business recovery services team appoints four new partners

7y Richard Crump, Writer

PwC’s business recovery services team appoints fou...

PwC's business recovery services team has appointed four new partners across its London and regional practice, bringing its total number of partners t...

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Begbies Traynor turns profit as insolvency figures slump

Accounting Firms Begbies Traynor turns profit as insolvency figures slump

7y Fraser Simpson, Reporter

Begbies Traynor turns profit as insolvency figures...

Top 50+50 firm Begbies Traynor recorded pre-tax profits of £4.5m for the year, boosted by its property services unit, despite seeing insolvencies drop...

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Poor IT risk practices rife among small businesses, auditors warn

Business Recovery Poor IT risk practices rife among small businesses, auditors warn

7y Fraser Simpson, Reporter

Poor IT risk practices rife among small businesses...

Nine in ten small businesses and start-ups are vulnerable to cyber-attacks, loss of customer and business data and other IT risks, research has found ...

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MPs call on FRC to widen BHS audit probe into PwC

Accounting Firms MPs call on FRC to widen BHS audit probe into PwC

7y Richard Crump, Writer

MPs call on FRC to widen BHS audit probe into PwC

MPs urg the FRC to widen scope of its investigation to cover previous years when PwC audited BHS financial statements and signed off the company accou...

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Unpacking the Pre-Pack Pool

Business Recovery Unpacking the Pre-Pack Pool

7y Chris Warmoll, Writer

Unpacking the Pre-Pack Pool

The two most senior members at the Pre-Pack Pool tell Accountancy Age the Pool has made a pretty good start Read More...

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FRP Advisory hires new partner from KPMG

Accounting Firms FRP Advisory hires new partner from KPMG

7y Richard Crump, Writer

FRP Advisory hires new partner from KPMG

Anthony Collier joins FRP Advisory from KPMG as a partner in its Manchester officer Read More...

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CVR Global promotes Elias Paourou to partner

Accounting Firms CVR Global promotes Elias Paourou to partner

7y Richard Crump, Writer

CVR Global promotes Elias Paourou to partner

Paourou has spent nine years with CVR Global and the former business recovery division of accountancy firm Chantrey Vellacott Read More...

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Friday Afternoon Live: Brexit; CFO Agenda; and audit market evolution

Accounting Firms Friday Afternoon Live: Brexit; CFO Agenda; and audit market evolution

7y Fraser Simpson, Reporter

Friday Afternoon Live: Brexit; CFO Agenda; and aud...

Head of editorial Kevin Reed discusses this week's important accountancy news, including Brexit and audit market evolution Read More...

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FRP Advisory sells Kiveton Park Steel out of administration

Accounting Firms FRP Advisory sells Kiveton Park Steel out of administration

7y Richard Crump, Writer

FRP Advisory sells Kiveton Park Steel out of admin...

Phil Pierce and Ben Woolrych, partners at FRP Advisory, have sold out of administration the business and assets of Kiveton Park Steel Limited Read Mor...

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OECD: Brexit will have ‘major consequences for UK’

Business Recovery OECD: Brexit will have ‘major consequences for UK’

7y Fraser Simpson, Reporter

OECD: Brexit will have ‘major consequences for UK’

The OECD's secretary-general José Ángel Gurría has given his verdict on what Brexit means for the UK and the EU Read More...

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Advisers bullish despite Brexit concerns

Accounting Standards Advisers bullish despite Brexit concerns

7y Fraser Simpson, Reporter

Advisers bullish despite Brexit concerns

Public opinion is split over whether Brexit will harm or improve the UK accountancy sector Read More...

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FRC investigation launched into PwC's BHS audit

Audit FRC investigation launched into PwC's BHS audit

7y Kevin Reed, Writer

FRC investigation launched into PwC's BHS audit

The Financial Reporting Council has launched an investigation into the conduct of the Big Four firm in relation to its audit of BHS Read More...

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