Free Insolvency Seminar
Upcoming Event – June 2015 Free Insolvency Seminar @ Hylands House – To Be Confirmed
De Facto, De Jure and Shadow Directors – Which One Are You?
Shadow, De Facto and De Jure Directors. Which one are you? The above terms are often used in Insolvency proceedings and something that all directors and senior company personnel want to know more about. As many of you will know a director is a person who is in charge of the running of the business.…
Small Business, Enterprise And Employment Act 2015 – How It Affects Insolvency
April 2015 Following agreement by both Houses on the text of the Bill, the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 received Royal Assent on 26 March. The Bill is now an Act of Parliament (law). Assignment Of Causes Of Action Vested In The Office-Holder Section 246ZD IA 1986 provides for the ability of office-holders…
Rapid House Price Growth Leaves Young Workers, Couples And Families Resigned To Renting For Life
A survey by Halifax has revealed that only 43 percent of people are currently saving for a mortgage, a figure which has dropped by 6 percent from 2014. The factors that have deterred first time buyers are that house prices have jumped, there is stricter lending criteria, while wage growth remains slow, leading to many…
Bank Account Protection For Up To £1m
Extra protection has been provided for current account holders, with temporarily large amounts of money, is part of a new compensation scheme that protects clients if their bank goes bust. The scheme will look to protect hundreds of thousands of people and could include those saving for a property, large redundancy payments, insurance payouts or…
Insolvency Policy Updates
The following are recent changes which are to be made to the Insolvency regime: The Bankruptcy Petition limit for a creditor to present a petition is due to be increased from the current level of £750 to £5,000 in October 2015. This move is to avoid smaller creditors threatening the use of winding up procedures…
Record Keeping Requirements In Insolvency Due For Change
Under current Insolvency Law an Insolvency Practitioner (IP) has certain record keeping obligations which require them to maintain “at least the information specified in Schedule 3 to these Regulations as is applicable to the case”. This is commonly known as the IP record and is kept on every case file. The Regulations then expand on…
2014 Fastest UK Economy Rate Growth For 9 Years
Recent GDP figures released have shown that the UK economy grew at its fastest rate in 2014 for the past 9 years. These figures were released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) and showed a 2.8% growth over the year. The rate of growth was expected to be 2.6% for 2014. These figures meant that…
New Pension Changes to Increase the Number of IVA
New Pension Changes to Increase the Number of IVA’s? Following on from the announcement of the new Pension Freedom we find ourselves less than two weeks away from the commencement of the changes outlined in last year’s budget. From 6th April 2015 anyone over the age of 55 will be able to withdraw their entire…
60 B & Q Stores To Close In Next 2 Years
The company behind B & Q and Screwfix, Kingfisher, have announced that they plan to close around 60 B & Q stores over the next two years. However it does have plans to open 60 new stores under the brand Screwfix. A statement released by Kingfisher said ”Kingfisher has said for some time that B&Q UK…