London (AFP) – Boris Becker won six Grand Slams during a glittering career but even those treasured trophies are fair game as insolvency practitioners responsible for handling his bankruptcy try to track them down to pay his creditors. Bankrupt Boris Becker’s trophies are fair game The German took the tennis world by storm when as…
DetailsSlow wage growth, insecure jobs and the rising cost of living are among the factors pushing more Scots into serious financial distress. R3, the insolvency trade body, has calculated that there were 10,518 personal insolvencies in Scotland last year, an 8 per cent rise on the previous year. Meanwhile, official data from the Accountant in…
DetailsCarillion placed into liquidation after six-month battle to get on top of its £1.5 billion debt pile. Construction giant employs 19,500 people and is a major government contractor. The government is stepping in to pay Carillion staff working on government contracts. LONDON Crisis-hit construction firm Carillion on Monday announced it is going into liquidation after…
DetailsCHARGED: Former billionaire Nathan Tinkler has been charged by police for allegedly destroying property. BANKRUPT former billionaire Nathan Tinkler is embroiled in a family feud that has seen him charged with allegedly smashing a stained glass window at his sisters house. The case was briefly mentioned in Port Macquarie Local Court on Wednesday January 24, but Mr Tinkler did not appear.…
DetailsIf you overspent at Christmas (and the months before then) this is a step-by-step guide to getting back on top of your finances in 2018, according to an expert. Photo: iStock Welcome to Hit Refresh. This month, we’ll be bringing you articles created by experts that will help you live your best life in 2018.…
DetailsThe Insolvency Service said in a statement that the personal spending was particularly disquieting. It said in a lengthy statement that Mr Abbott had accepted the disqualification and did not dispute that Reactiv Media had submitted three invoices totalling almost £340,000 to support a grant application for a tenth of that sum. These three invoices…
DetailsJanuary 24, 2018 Nearly four months after the Las Vegas massacre, investigators have released a preliminary report about the shooter, Stephen Paddock. His motives remain unclear but officials cant help but point to one possible factor: his extensive gambling in the days before the Oct. 1 killings and the loss of a significant amount of…
DetailsCoimbatore: The Chennai bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has initiated the corporate insolvency resolution process under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) against a company based on a petition by an office assistant for non-payment of salary dues amounting to Rs 3.2 lakh. Pradeep M R, the office assistant, classified as an…
DetailsThe Natrona County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man for allegedly forging 35 checks on an elderly woman’s account and siphoning over $15,000 from her over the course of a year. Roy Davis, 45, was booked into jail on recommended charges of abuse of a vulnerable adult as well as 35 counts of forgery. He will…
DetailsLONDON (AFP) – Bankrupt former tennis star Boris Becker on Wednesday (Jan 24) appealed for help in tracking down five missing Grand Slam trophies which he needs to sell to help pay off his debts. The German shook up the tennis world at Wimbledon in 1985 when, as an unseeded player, he became the then…
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