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The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) is seeking to attract additional providers in the Housing and Debt and Welfare Benefits Categories of Law under the 2024 Standard Civil Contract (“2024 Contract”) in the following areas:
Barnsley
Calderdale
Cheshire
City of Kingston upon Hull
Doncaster
East Riding of Yorkshire
Hartlepool
Knowsley
Leicestershire & Rutland
North East Lincolnshire & North Lincolnshire
Northumberland
Portsmouth & Isle of Wight
Rochdale
Rotherham
Sandwell
Trafford
Warrington & Halton
West Lancashire
Wigan
This can be achieved through:
the award of a 2024 Contract which includes a specific authorisation to conduct Housing and Debt and Welfare Benefits Contract Work; or
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) recorded the consent terms by Bollywood superstar Salman Khan and Jerai Fitness on mutual settlement. The bench allowed the withdrawal of his ₹7.24 crore insolvency application bringing an end to the protracted legal battle between the two parties.
Salman Khan was named the brand ambassador for Jerai Fitness under a brand endorsement deal, which gave rise to the disagreement. The lawsuit centered on unfulfilled obligations under a 2018 trade license agreement that gave Jerai Fitness permission to manufacture and market fitness equipment using Salman Khan’s “BEING STRONG” trademark. Khan asserted that despite the sums being adjusted for disruptions caused by…
A national problem gambling crisis is deepening. Helplines across multiple states report significant increases in calls. This surge highlights a growing public health concern.
Officials confirm the rising demand for support services. According to Associated Press reports, the need for counseling and resources is escalating. The widespread availability of online betting is a key factor.
State-Specific Helplines See Unprecedented Volume
The data shows a clear upward trend. Call volumes have jumped in states like New Jersey and Massachusetts. The National Council on Problem Gambling has tracked this increase for months.
This surge impacts individuals and families. Financial distress and mental health issues are common consequences. State…
SINGAPORE – Employees of an art investment firm which closed suddenly may never see their owed salaries, but lawyers urged them to file salary claims and prioritise their job hunt.
Art Works, which ran an art investment advisory and a gallery at One Holland Village, went into voluntary liquidation on Oct 30, leaving behind questions over unpaid staff wages, artists’ fees, and client-owned art pieces still left in its care.
One of Art Work’s 15 employees told The Straits Times that two of the three company directors – all foreign nationals – have left Singapore and changed their phone numbers. ST’s calls and texts to a number linked to one of them went unanswered.
Ms Viviene Sandhu, lawyer and co-managing partner of Clifford…
Looking to deepen the practice of insolvency across the country, members of the
President, Business Insolvency Practitioners Association of Nigeria (BRIPAN), Chiemezie Ihekweazu (SAN)(left); former President, Chief Anthony Idigbe (SAN); Babatunde Ogala (SAN); Chief Yusuf Asamah Kadiri (SAN) and Vice President, BRIPAN/Chairman, Conference Planning Committee, Albert Folorunsho during the body’s yearly conference at Muson Centre, Lagos.President, Business Insolvency Practitioners Association of Nigeria (BRIPAN), Chiemezie Ihekweazu (SAN)(left); former President, Chief Anthony Idigbe (SAN); Babatunde Ogala (SAN); Chief Yusuf Asamah Kadiri (SAN) and Vice President, BRIPAN/Chairman, Conference Planning Committee, Albert…
Maputo, 5 Nov (AIM) – The Mozambican government has approved the Medium-Term Debt Management Strategy for 2025-2029, a document aimed at “defining a prudent framework for public debt management.”
According to a statement issued by the Council of Ministers (cabinet) on Tuesday, the strategy is also aimed at meeting the State’s financing needs, balancing costs and risks, in order to ensure the credibility of economic policy and debt sustainability in the medium and long term.
The strategy emerges at a time when public debt, particularly domestic debt, is continuing to grow every month, to make up for the shortfall in tax collection on the one hand, and the decline of foreign aid on the other.
The bakery and dessert chain founded by The Apprentice winner Harpreet Kaur has gone into administration, 10 years after its launch.
Oh So Yum, with branches in Huddersfield, Bradford and Leeds, was placed into voluntary liquidation at the end of October and according to Companies House, it owes nearly £150,000 to creditors.
After winning The Apprentice in 2022, Ms Kaur secured a £250,000 loan from Lord Sugar to invest in the business. However, in 2024 she made the “difficult but exciting” decision to leave Oh So Yum for new projects.
Apprentice winner Harpreet Kaur left the business in 2024
The bakery and dessert chain founded by The Apprentice winner Harpreet Kaur has gone into administration, 10 years after its launch.
Oh So Yum, with branches in Huddersfield, Bradford and Leeds, was placed into voluntary liquidation at the end of October and according to Companies House, it owes nearly £150,000 to creditors.
After winning The Apprentice in 2022, Ms Kaur secured a £250,000 loan from Lord Sugar to invest in the business. However, in 2024 she made the “difficult but exciting” decision to leave Oh So Yum for new projects.
The BBC has contacted the company for a comment.
Lord Sugar departed from the business in 2023.
A document filed with Companies House states that Oh…
After more than a decade in operation, Scottish independent whisky bottler Chapter 7 has gone into liquidation due to cashflow pressures and a downturn in sales.
Chapter 7’s Monologue whisky range
Kevin Mapstone and Kenneth Craig of insolvency specialist Begbies Traynor were appointed joint liquidators of Paisley-based Chapter 7 on 2 October 2025.
Founded by Selim Evin in 2014, Chapter 7 produced more than 50 specialist small-batch whiskies.
In August 2022, Chapter 7 opened a bottling facility in Glasgow, bringing production fully in-house after previously using a third-party supplier.
However, the company was hit by ‘falling global demand and a softening of discretionary spend…
