Director bans for husband-and-wife after furniture company took payments from customers for goods they never received

George and Williamina Hay were directors of furniture retailer DWH Trading Ltd in Aberdeenshire  The company was in financial trouble in April 2023, having a number of outstanding orders from customers  Despite knowing the financial situation of their company, the husband-and-wife took 55 more orders, most of which were not even placed with their suppliers …

England: Construction boss jailed after moving £700,000 from failing companies into own casino account

A Nottinghamshire construction boss who fraudulently removed more than £700,000 from four failing companies and transferred the money to his casino account has been jailed.  Wesley Grainger-Smith, 66, was sentenced to two years and four months in prison at Lincoln Crown Court on Friday 28 February.  Grainger-Smith, of Gainsborough Road, Winthorpe, had previously pleaded guilty…