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Insolvency Service gets two murky Derbyshire accounting firms shut down

23 May 2013 11:30

Two closely-related companies offering insolvency and accounting services and based in Chesterfield, have been wound up in the public interest by the High Court, for poor business practices that put clients’ money at risk. The action follows an investigation by the Insolvency Service.

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AMENDED: Maximum disqualification term for disgraced international tour boss

10 May 2013 13:45

Abdulkadir Aydin, the sole director of Goldtrail Travel Limited Travel ('Goldtrail), a holiday company based in New Malden, Surrey, has received a 15-year director disqualification - the maximum possible term - from the High Court in London for gross mismangement of the company's affairs.

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Nine-year ban delivered to mailing company director for keeping inadequate records

07 March 2013 13:45

Pervez Akhter, director of Northampton-based Intouch Mail Systems Ltd (‘Intouch’), which traded in the printing and mailing of journals, periodicals and advertising material, has been disqualified from acting as a director for nine years by Northampton County Court for failing to keep proper books and records.

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Six-year ban for Leicester boss who paid himself ahead of creditors

06 March 2013 10:00

Andrew Drury, who ran Diamond Technique Limited (Diamond) a diamond drilling business based in Aylestone Road, Leicester, has been disqualified from acting as a director for six years for making payments to himself and other parties while other creditors went unpaid, following an investigation by The Insolvency Service.

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Three ‘Ambulance Chasing’ companies brought to a halt by the Insolvency Service

15 February 2013 14:15

Three connected companies that misled directors of insolvent companies by promising they could help them walk away from their responsibilities have been wound up by the High Court, on grounds of public interest.

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Time called on boss of Northamptonshire pub empire for £1 million tax debt

14 December 2012 09:15

Frederick Robert Ward, the director of CT (2010) Limited (formerly Churchill Taverns Limited), which ran five pubs in Northamptonshire, has been disqualified from acting as a director for four years for not paying tax. The disqualification follows an investigation by The Insolvency Service.

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Leicester boss banned after 16 arrested in raid

11 December 2012 13:15

Ilyas Abdulsattar Umerji Nagia, the director of Leicester-based clothing manufacturing company House of Creation Limited, has been disqualified from acting as a director for nine years for hiring illegal workers and leaving a £1 million gap in the accounts.

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Huddersfield council tax con firm Reband wound up by the Insolvency Service

24 September 2012 15:31

Reband (UK) Ltd, a Huddersfield-based company which misled householders about its ability to reduce their liability for council tax, has been wound-up in the public interest by the High Court in Manchester following an investigation by Company Investigations of The Insolvency Service.

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Insolvency Service investigation leads to shut down of major national solar panel company

31 July 2012 10:40

Solar Energy Savings Limited (“Solar”), which marketed and sold solar panel systems to the general public, was wound-up on 26 July 2012 by the High Court in Manchester on a petition presented by the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills in the public interest following an investigation by Company Investigations of The Insolvency Service.

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OLDER PEOPLE TARGETED IN £28M INVESTMENT SCAMS

15 June 2012 00:01

The Insolvency Service is warning older people and their carers to watch out for bogus retail and investment schemes aimed at them, as figures show 78 rogue companies that raked in over £28million from the public have been shut down in England and Wales in the last three years alone.

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