Insolvency Service launches strategy to tackle crime

The Insolvency Service has announced ambitious and transformational plans to play a more prominent role in the fight against economic crime and be recognised as the UK’s leading authority in enforcing corporate and insolvency standards. The strategy commits the agency to broadening its remit, taking robust action against criminals who defraud businesses and taxpayers, and…

Former partner of broker Bloxham is declared bankrupt

Martin Harte had left the firm years before its 2012 collapse Bloxham Stockbrokers collapsed in 2012. Stock image: Getty Martin Harte, a former partner with Bloxham Stockbrokers, which collapsed in 2012, has been declared bankrupt, according to the latest issue of Iris Oifigiúil. The Dublin-based fund manager resigned from the firm in 2006 at the…

Direct-to-consumer MTB brand YT faces insolvency

File photo. YT Industries announced that the company is entering into a “self-administrated legal restructure” after struggling to secure additional funding. The direct-to-consumer German mountain bike brand was founded by Markus Flossman in 2008 with a focus on providing hard-hitting, quality mountain bikes at affordable prices, for young riders in particular. Flossman provided an update…

10-acre land of Landmark Housing Projects up for e-auction

The liquidator of Landmark Housing Projects Chennai Pvt Ltd has invited bids for the e-auction of the company’s prime land parcels measuring approximately 9.8 acres in Sholinganallur, Chennai, as part of the corporate insolvency process under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016. The combined reserve price for the properties has been fixed at Rs…

Zapak Mobile Games to face insolvency proceedings

The Mumbai Bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has admitted an application filed by Reliance Net Limited under Section 7 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, against Zapak Mobile Games Private Limited, initiating the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) against the mobile gaming company. The order was pronounced today, July 14, 2025.…

Insolvency Service launches ambitious strategy to tackle economic crime and improve corporate standards

The Insolvency Service’s new investigation and enforcement strategy will see the agency play a leading role in tackling economic crime and improving corporate standards Over the next five years, the agency will prosecute a wider range of offences, increase enforcement against companies acting against the public interest, and recover proceeds of crime The Insolvency Service…