Former directors face questioning over Carillion’s collapse – The Guardian

The Insolvency Service is to start interviewing former directors of the collapsed government contractor Carillion as it steps up an investigation into one of the biggest corporate failures in recent British history. Nearly seven months after Carillion entered liquidation, the government agency said it had finished transferring 278 contracts to new suppliers as part of…

North East England Tops UK Personal Insolvency Table For Tenth Successive Year – Business Up North

North East England has retained its unwanted place at the top of the national table for personal insolvency for the tenth successive year. According to the latest annual figures from the Insolvency Service, there were 27.2 individual insolvencies per 10,000 people in the region in 2017, which are comprised of bankruptcies, Debt Relief Orders (DROs)…

Govt proposes 8 special courts under NCLT to handle insolvency cases: Report – Moneycontrol.com

Moneycontrol News  The Corporate Affairs Ministry is planning to set up eight special courts under the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) to deal with insolvency cases, according to a report by Business Standard. “These courts will be set up in Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, and Hyderabad,” a senior ministry official was quoted as saying. Three courts will be…

Austrian produce wholesaler declared bankrupt – Fruitnet

Industry consolidation, economic pressures and a decline in orders from within the food trade are understood to have been major contributory factors leading to the failure of Austrian fruit and vegetable wholesaler Zeilberger fruit-service, which was declared bankrupt last week. Zeilberger, which runs a packaging and distribution facility alongside its head office in the northern…

ZX Spectrum reboot latest: Some Vega+s arrive, Sky pulls plug, Clive drops ball – The Register

Sir Clive Sinclair’s company has accused flailing ZX Spectrum reboot firm Retro Computers Ltd of trading while insolvent. Meanwhile, the firm has delivered some consoles and been stripped of the brand rights to its flagship product. Last week some customers of Retro Computers Ltd reported on social media that they had received samples of the…