After two years of the coronavirus pandemic (and there doesn’t seem to be much relief from it as we head into winter), retailers, small businesses, and companies in certain industries, like travel and hospitality, have struggled to keep going. In order to stay in business, many companies have adopted a particular tool in the restructuring […]
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Just because your business is currently insolvent doesn’t mean that it can’t be rescued and returned to a solvent company. Part of an insolvency practitioner’s (IP) role is to assess the company’s current state of affairs, i.e. the how and why it became insolvent. If the basis of the company is essentially sound, they may
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Debt; none of us like it but over the past 18 months it’s become a necessary evil to surviving the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the latest statistics, the average credit card debt per household is £2,030, although outstanding credit card balances are dropping. But when you take into consideration the total unsecured debt per UK
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Perhaps surprisingly, considering the country’s business sector forced into lockdown situations and taking the Government’s hand of financial support, the number of insolvencies to date has remained lower than expected. That’s not to say we won’t see more insolvencies over the coming months as the financial support ends and the companies that were in trouble
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If you have debts, chances are you are now being chased by your creditors for payment. If you are considered insolvent and unable to pay your debts, it may well be worth considering an Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA). Of course, if you own any assets of significant value, you may be able to sell those
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Predominantly due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidations (CVLs) are on the up. In August 2021, there were a total of 1,446 corporate insolvencies across the UK, most of which were CVLs; the fourth month in a row above 1,000 and a return to pre-pandemic levels. What was also evident in
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There are two ways of voluntarily winding up a company; either through a Creditors Voluntary Liquidation (CVL) if the company is insolvent, or a Members Voluntary Liquidation (MVL) if the company is solvent. With a CVL, the company is insolvent, i.e. its debts outstrip its cash flow and assets, and its creditors’ are demanding payment.
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Seeing the term ‘company administration’ in the press and hearing it in the news has certainly not been an uncommon occurrence in recent months. Indeed, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, some big High Street names have been listed as ‘gone into administration’ including Debenhams, Jessops, Paperchase, New Look, the Arcadia Group, Dune,
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When solvent companies are being closed through a Members’ Voluntary Liquidation (MVL) process, the directors are able to claim back money through the Business Asset Disposal Relief (BADR) as a way of mitigating how much Capital Gains Tax (CGT) is paid. Formerly known as Entrepreneurs Relief, which was introduced in 2008 to replace Business Asset
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Whether the company is solvent or insolvent, sometimes the only option available to directors is to enter a voluntary winding up process to close the company. Also known as liquidating or closing down a company, the ultimate result is removing the dissolved company from the Companies House register. If it’s a solvent company, i.e. has
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