COMPANY INSOLVENCIES
There were 4,001 compulsory liquidations and creditors’ voluntary liquidations in total in England and Wales in the third quarter of 2008 (on a seasonally adjusted basis).  This was an increase of 10.5% on the previous quarter and an increase of 26.3% on the same period a year ago.
This was made up of 1,483 compulsory [...]

It was only last week that the Government were hailed as saviours of the banking sector with their measures of bail outs, and capital injections. As far as I’m aware the banks who indicated that they would like access to funds have yet to sign up. The effect of this can therefore still be seen [...]

Being a Director of a limited company in today’s economic climate can be a tricky business. Trading conditions now are as hard as they have ever been, and restrictions on availability of credit combined with lengthening delays in payment and putting cash positions under strain. As a result many companies will run into financial difficulty.
Directors [...]

How a Pre-pack Administration can save a business.
If you have a business that is facing great creditor pressure, including court summonses or statutory demands or visits from bailiffs, then it is possible to save a decent business (but not the Limited company shell) by selling that business to a “newco” possibly set up by the [...]

We are getting an increasing number of calls into the help desk from directors whose companies are struggling to trade and pay debts as and when they fall due. For many the solution may be to liquidate the company and start again. The favoured way to do this is via a Creditors Voluntary Liquidation 
Creditors Voluntary Liquidation
Creditors [...]