Fresh produce wholesaler based in Reading goes into liquidation

A long‑standing fresh produce wholesaler has gone into liquidation. C.A. Belcher & Son Limited, a family‑run fruit and vegetable wholesaler trading as C A Belcher & Son in Lower Earley, entered creditors’ voluntary liquidation on February 2. Two insolvency practitioners from Reading‑based KRE Corporate Recovery have been appointed to wind up the business. According to…

Business insolvencies increase – Credit Connect

Latest figures from the Insolvency Service have shown that the number of business insolvencies in England and Wales,  was 2,029 in October 2025, 2% higher than in September 2025 (1,995) and 17% higher than the same month in the previous year (1,739 in October 2024). The business insolvencies consisted of 301 compulsory liquidations, 1,592 creditors’…

‘Important’ High Court decision on insolvency

(Pic: Shutterstock) Lawyers at Philip Lee have described a recent High Court decision as “an important post-Brexit development for cross-border insolvency in Ireland”.  They were commenting on the court’s recent recognition and enforcement, in a post-Brexit context, of an Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA) that was agreed in the North.  An IVA is a…

Cryptocurrency in insolvency: How India’s IBC treats digital assets as property

The proliferation of cryptocurrency holdings on corporate balance sheets has introduced a novel dimension to insolvency practice in India. Once purely speculative, cryptocurrency is now also held as treasury reserves, trading inventory and collateral. Within the Indian insolvency framework, the central question is no longer whether cryptocurrency is relevant to insolvency proceedings, but how it…

what now for the ailing sugar giant? – The Mail & Guardian

The entire sugar eco-system and stakeholders require certainty and a sustainable solution before the insolvency court sits to hear the BRP’s application for provisional liquidation of THL . (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G) Before the hearing of the provisional liquidation of Tongaat Hullet Limited (THL) starts in the Durban High Court, there are a few things that interested…