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10 more years for shadow director’s breach of disqualification order

21 March 2013 11:00

Stuart Wright, a director of Opticore Ltd, a telecommunications cabling company that traded from sites in Chorley, Lancashire and Livingston, West Lothian has been disqualified for a further ten years for breaching an existing five-year ban. The disqualification follows an investigation by the Insolvency Service.

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Five year ban for Scottish farmer who sold on machinery bought on tick

08 March 2013 09:30

John Boyd Blackwood, who ran Oxenfoord Home Farm (Pathhead) Limited in Midlothian, has been banned from being a company director for five years for selling machinery that was still subject to finance, so was not the company’s to sell.

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High Court Orders £10m Landbanking scheme into liquidation

20 December 2012 15:00

Four connected companies based in London that each mis-sold land to the public have been put into liquidation following investigations by the Insolvency Service.

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Edinburgh director banned for five years for failure to produce accounting records

25 October 2012 09:30

Angus William Niven from Edinburgh has been disqualified as a director for five years for failing to provide accounting records to the liquidator of his company Iglu Bar and Bistro Ltd (Iglu) after it went into liquidation in 2011. The disqualification follows an investigation by 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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Glasgow Based Debt Management Review and Franchise Companies Wound up following Government investigation

19 January 2012 15:00

Two debt management review companies based in Glasgow, Cost Reduction Services (2010) Ltd and Cost Reduction Services (UK & NI) Ltd, have been wound up in the public interest by Edinburgh’s Court of Session, following an investigation by the Insolvency Service.

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Former director of Broadcasting company disqualified over VAT refund

21 December 2011 10:15

David Ian Henry a former director of Power TV Limited, has been disqualified from acting as a company director for eight years following a court hearing at Edinburgh Sheriff Court. Mr Henry’s disqualification relates to his conduct as a director and follows an investigation by the Insolvency Service.

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Director Disqualified Following cash queries

21 December 2011 10:00

The director of DMR Assets Limited, a property management business in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, has been disqualified from acting as a company director by Airdrie Sheriff’s Court for seven years following an investigation by The Insolvency Service.

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Insolvency Service statement on its Delivery Strategy – Shaping our future

27 June 2011 15:00

The Insolvency Service is today launching a six-week consultation with its staff on potentially reshaping the way in which it carries out the bulk of its business and delivers its services going forward. The “Delivery Strategy – Shaping our future” consultation will run from Monday 27 June – Friday 5 August 2011.

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