Over a quarter of UK companies have suffered a hit to their finances following the insolvency of a customer, supplier or debtor in the last six months, according to new research. The research found the financial impact of the insolvency of another business was described as very negative by one in ten UK companies,…
Ken owed 188,500 after personally guaranteeing the borrowings of a failed furniture business. He had no hope of repaying the debt from the 2,165 a month he now earns as a lorry driver, of which 952 goes on maintenance payments for his three children. They live with his ex-wife while Ken, who is 49, lives…
Nick Aboud the former CEO of the failed Dick Smith retailer has gone from big boys toys to kids toys, taking on the role as CEO of Kidstuff a retail group who are currently expanding their physical store and online operations in Australia. During an exclusive interview with ChannelNews Aboud who spoke for the first…
The estranged husband of Lara Prychodko, the Manhattan woman who fell to her death in a garbage chute in a Union Square high-rise last week, declared bankruptcy after his high-end construction firm was targeted in two multi-million dollar lawsuits, The Post has learned. David Schlachet, 55, and his partners in Taocon, Inc. filed for bankruptcy…
GOODBYE credit boom, hello insolvency limbo. In June, precision- engineering firm CW Advanced Technologies became the latest issuer to seek a court order to stave off creditors, after its plan to re-tap the bond market to redeem its first series of notes got quashed by poor market sentiment. Since November 2015, at least 13 issuers…
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Stoke-on-Trent has been identified as the debt capital of England and Wales, according to new official figures. The Midlands city had the highest rate of personal insolvencies in 2017, followed by Plymouth, Hull and Scarborough. The former industrial centre famous for its potteries and pinpointed as a Brexit heartland, recorded an insolvency rate of 44.8…
NEW DELHI: HDFC Ltd has taken the holding company of Malvinder and Shivinder Singh to bankruptcy court to recover outstanding dues worth Rs 41.1crore. The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) asked the company, RHC Holding Pvt, on June 14 to state why insolvency proceedings should not be initiated against it and decided to take up…
NEWCASTLE motorcycling identity Graeme Boyd says the worst market the conditions his industry are to blame for the liquidation of the business he has run under his own name for more than 20 years. Mr Boyd, who has also been an enthusiastic promoter of moto-cross events in the Hunter over the years, said that if there was any…
IN THE RED Finance guru Paul Baxendale-Walker, 54, who also starred in porn movies, introduced EBTs to ex-Gers chairman Sir David Murray THE PORN star behind Rangers controversial tax scheme has been declared bankrupt with whopping debts of £16 million. Finance guru Paul Baxendale-Walker, 54, who introduced EBTs to ex-Gers chairman Sir David Murray, went…