The numbers of directors disqualified in the previous 12 months has risen slightly to 1,156.  The average length of disqualification was 5.9 years and 11% of all disqualifications during the last year were for over 10 years. Common reasons for director disqualification include Employing illegal workers Mis-selling worthless products such as rare earth metals and […]

J W Butler and A J Nichols as joint administrators of John Sutcliffe & Son (Holdings) Limited offer for sale: Office Unit 6 Acorn Business Park, Moss Road, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN32 0L Modern detached two storey offices on the edge of Grimsby town centre Good access to A15 / A180 For further information […]

William Anelay Limited, a well known York based historic construction company has fallen on hard times despite a full order book of restoration projects including some important buildings. The company is proposing a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) in order to restructure its debts.  William Anelay Limited is now unable to pay its creditors.  The CVA […]

The Traffic Commissioner has revoked 2 licences held by Baldwins Crane Hire Limited (Baldwins) after it found that at least 4 drivers had been falsifying driving records in order to fulfil obligations with hiring out the cranes. Misdemeanours include falsifying rest breaks, which the Traffic Commissioner takes a dim view of. In addition, four directors […]

The two directors of a debt collection company have been disqualified from acting as directors for 22 years. Terence Michael Mellor and Ross Alan Morton were the directors of Express MS Limited, a debt collection company which had clients including Barclays Bank and BT. However Express MS Limited, which  charged clients an annual fee along […]

It has been reported that HMRC have are issuing more and more winding up petitions for unpaid tax. In 2015 there were 3,484 as opposed to 3,074 in 2014. HMRC can be very aggressive with their debt collection and it is imperative that businesses take steps to avoid winding up petitions being issued. A winding […]

W R, R & T Wood t/a Bankburn Pig Farm – in administration On 4 April 2016, Andrew Nichols and John Butler were appointed joint administrators of W R, R & T Wood, t/a Bankburn Pig Farm. Their agents, Ullyotts, are offering up for auction several lots which include: A car, Landrover Defender, tractors and […]

Latest research from R3, the insolvency trade body, places restaurants in Yorkshire to be high on the list of businesses most at risk of insolvency. Restaurants are notoriously difficult to make a profit from, with rising costs of employing staff and eating out being one of the first things to go when household money gets […]

The Insolvency Service have recently reported that they have recently disqualified a hotel owner for 7 years. Galam Saber Malek, a director of Bayeswater Limited, was found to have employed five illegal workers in his hotel business which went into liquidation on 5 April 2013. The business owed almost £140k, including £25k which was an […]

We are having a competition this year to see how far afield we can get our bags!  There will be a prize for the person who gets our bag the furthest away! The latest picture we have is of Victoria Hearsey of Clark Hearsey who took our bag to Tenerife! If you want to enter […]