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 a painstaking process designed to ensure smooth continuity of public services.
Officials are now expected to devote more time to an investigation into why the company failed, including a closer examination of the role played by former directors, who were branded delusional by MPs earlier this year.
The service has the power to disqualify people from serving as company …
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