Surrey business adviser banned as company director for second time after running up £120,000 tax debts

• Richard Beal has been disqualified as a company director for five years after his management consultancy Larter Beal Limited went into liquidation owing more than £120,000 in unpaid corporation tax and VAT
• Beal had previously been banned as a director for three-and-a-half years in 2015 after his previous company, Bretteal Limited, also failed to pay its tax liabilities
• The 60-year-old’s actions have been described by the Insolvency Service as an example of abusive phoenixism, a term used when directors use companies repeatedly to evade debts

A business adviser from Surrey has been disqualified as a company director for a second time after failing to pay more than £100,000 in tax.

Richard Beal was the sole director of…