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From The Insolvency Service
  • Detailed information about the restrictions on the re-use of company names, when a director can re-use a company name after insolvent liquidation, how to apply for permission to use a prohibited name and how to complain.

  • Appointing a new director to your limited company.

  • A company that enters formal insolvency will in many cases have outstanding debts.

  • There are potential consequences for you, the director, if your company suffers insolvency.

  • Dealing with an insolvent's freehold or leasehold property, including action to be taken to protect an interest in the property, steps to be taken where the property is the bankrupt's 'family home' and dealin…

  • This guidance deals with the circumstances in which the Registrar of Companies may dissolve a company

  • Members’ Voluntary Liquidation (MVL) is used when a company can pay its debts but the members (shareholders) want to close it.

  • If you’re unsure about an email, letter, call or text you receive from the Insolvency Service, get in touch with us.

  • Complain to the Insolvency Service if a director or sole trader is re-using the name (or a similar name) of a company in compulsory or creditors’ voluntary liquidation.

  • A Protective Award is compensation awarded by an employment tribunal because your employer did not consult with you before you were made redundant.

  • This page provides guidance on how to submit information about employee pensions to the Redundancy Payments Service (RPS).

  • Disclaiming property of the insolvency where that property is onerous, including the process to be followed for an effective disclaimer

  • information about how to complain about misconduct to the Insolvency Service and what we will do about it.

  • Creditors' voluntary liquidation (CVL) is when the directors take steps to close down the company.

  • Powers, duties and functions of the Official Receiver including situations where those powers are limited by law or by internal operational rules

  • Use the checklist when completing your application for financial assistance for making redundancy payments.

  • Dealing with the affairs of a debtor who dies during the bankruptcy process or the estate of a deceased insolvent

  • Dear IP is updated quarterly and issued by the Insolvency Service to insolvency practitioners and other interested stakeholders

  • This guide provides information for anyone who wishes to complain about the conduct of an insolvency practitioner (IP)

  • Rights of action