Is your favourite store next? Why businesses are going bust

“The construction industry previously gained the benefits of low interest rates and stimulus policies, which led to increased demand for construction services,” A/Prof. Dechter explains. “Following the boom and entering the period of high interest rates and high building materials costs, as well as increasing labour costs, the sector became less profitable.” According to Professor Richard…

Court winds-up Manchester firm offering unlicensed insolvency practitioner services

Save Consultants Ltd claimed to provide insolvency practitioner services when none of its current or former directors were licensed  Its actions risked undermining the insolvency regime and the company’s directors refused to explain its trading practices to investigators  The company has been closed down following investigations by the Insolvency Service, with the Official Receiver appointed…

As tax and superannuation debts grow, ATO issues tens of thousands of director penalty notices that could send more people bankrupt

A day after his 52nd birthday, Andrew Christodoulou got a nasty surprise in the mail. A letter from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) in November last year read: “You have been issued with a director penalty notice for Superannuation Guarantee Charge amounts”. “A director’s penalty notice. I’ve never heard of one,” Mr Christodoulou tells ABC…