Hillgrove’s conviction three years ago came after his business Hillgrove PR failed to pay nearly £90,000 in VAT and PAYE payments between 2011 and 2012. He was given a suspended sentence.
Over the past five years, he has been served with a number of demands for unpaid personal taxes, settling these with HM Revenue & Customs through part payment.
In August, he was prominently featured in Channel 4 show Catching The Tax Dodgers. Two days after the show, HMRC presented a bankruptcy petition to the London County Court, which asked Hillgrove to appear on 3 October.
Having told PRWeek he would struggle to meet HMRC’s demand, Hillgrove was declared bankrupt by the court yesterday morning.
In a press release sent to PRWeek in which he …
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