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- Category: Administrations
- What can Directors do if they receive a Winding Up Petition?
- What measures can creditors take against a business? How should directors respond?
- Can Directors Loan Accounts be Reclassified as remuneration in Administration or Liquidation?
- Local builders using Personal Guarantee Insurance to insure against business failure hits new high.
- As Antony Batty & Company celebrates 25 years in business we look back at what has changed since 1997.
- What is a ‘Restructuring Plan’ and when can it be used?
- Antony Batty & Company Employee Focus: Marc Evans
- How do Insolvency Practitioners help Businesses in Financial Distress?
- HMRC Winding Up Petitions on the increase
- Are we heading for a recession? What must businesses do to prepare?
- Directors beware – It is not just business loans from banks that require Personal Guarantees
- HMRC’s Preferential Creditor Status and Preference Payments to Creditors
- Directors must remain vigilant to avoid Wrongful Trading
- Insolvency, Personal Liability and Personal Guarantees on Commercial Leases
- New Legislation over Company Dissolution that Directors Need to Understand About Bounce Back Loans and other Covid Funding.
- Personal Guarantees, Insolvency and Personal Liability
- Is the new legislation for Pre-Pack Administrations a Game Changer?
- Will new rules inspire confidence in pre pack administrations?
- Why choose to work with Antony Batty & Company, Insolvency Practitioners?
- Our High Streets – Retail administrations continue to rise
- Notice to Ticket Holders of Events Promoted by VMS Wrexham
- Company administrations place much emphasis on company rescue
- Travel Companies Failing Due to Covid-19
- Antony Batty and Co Appointed Joint Administrators of VMS Live (2011) Limited and VMS Live (Venues) Limited
- Light Touch Administrations. What are they and how will they work?
- Primera Air Collapses
- Hot Pasties, VAT and Pre Pack Administration by our London Team
- Retail Administrations in 2018
- Licensed Insolvency Practitioners and the Travel Industry
- Monarch – A Company in Administration
- UK Company Administrations Remain Steady
- Category: Bankruptcy
- Category: Company News
- Antony Batty & Company… Supporting the Salvation Army’s Garden Makeover in Bournemouth with the Sheltered Work Opportunities Project
- Antony Batty & Company Employee Focus: Jerome Moutrage
- Helping in the Community – We were delighted to help provide football kit for the Harrow Stones Stars
- What’s Insolvency got to do with It’s a Knockout? Team Building, of course! And raising funds for charity
- Antony Batty & Company Employee Focus: Will Rushing
- Mental Health First Aider and Insolvency
- Antony Batty & Company Employee Focus: Melanie Bishop
- Spotlight on Jayda Foster
- Antony Batty & Company Employee Focus: David Parker
- Antony Batty & Company, Bournemouth – working with the YMCA
- Antony Batty & Company Partner Focus: Claire Howell, Licensed Insolvency Practitioner
- Antony Batty & Company Employee Focus: Tom O’Keeffe
- Gray’s Inn welcomes King Charles
- Antony Batty & Company, Supporting the Woodland Trust
- Antony Batty & Company, Bournemouth – Helping the Community
- Antony Batty & Company, Thames Valley. Employee Focus: Lucy Green
- Antony Batty & Company Employee Focus: John Baalham
- Insolvency Practitioners Celebrate 1st Anniversary
- Antony Batty & Company Celebrates its 25th Birthday
- Antony Batty & Company Employee Focus: Sunney Sagoo
- Quite a Freezing Experience!
- Tania Melim-Alves Returns to Antony Batty & Company
- Antony Batty & Company Employee Focus: Sheniz Bayram
- Antony Batty & Company Employee Focus: Neil Barry
- John Baalham is running the Brighton Marathon to raise funds for St Luke’s Hospice (Basildon and District)
- K & W Recovery Trading as Antony Batty & Company, Thames Valley. Employee Focus: Bethan Bryant
- K & W Recovery Trading as Antony Batty & Company, Thames Valley. Employee Focus: Andy Lloyd
- Antony Batty & Company Director Focus: Clive Fortis
- Insolvency Practitioners can also be Mediators
- We raised £1,670 for MIND
- Claire Howell returns to Antony Batty & Co as a fully licensed, appointment taking partner
- A Day at the Races
- Walking to raise funds for MIND
- K & W Recovery (T/A Antony Batty & Co. Thames Valley) Partner Focus: Matt Waghorn, Insolvency Practitioner
- #Be Kind. How Antony Batty & Co are working to help businesses, and people, to recover from Covid-19
- K & W Recovery (T/A Antony Batty & Co. Thames Valley) Partner Focus: Lawrence King, Insolvency Practitioner
- Licensed Insolvency Practitioner Matt Waghorn takes up his position as Partner at K & W Recovery
- Antony Batty & Company Partner Focus: Hugh Jesseman, Insolvency Practitioner
- Welcome to our expanded family of Insolvency Practitioners
- Mental Health and Insolvency
- 100 Easter Eggs donated to YMCA Bournemouth
- The Insolvency profession must be booming? Or is it the calm before the storm?
- The Extension of Furlough for November – Will it Save Businesses?
- We Supported ‘Wear It Pink’ on Friday 23rd October
- Sharan Acharya – Insolvency Administrator at Antony Batty & Company, London
- Testimonial from a Referrer for Helping a Client in a Professional and Friendly Manner
- Let’s get the world moving again! Our Managing Partner takes to the air.
- Insolvency Practitioners Achieve Positive Outcomes
- Health and Safety Procedures at our Offices
- Returning to Work from Furlough
- To Bounce Back or Not to Bounce back?
- Elaine Wilkins – Business Development Manager at Antony Batty & Company
- What do Businesses Need as the Covid 19 Lockdown Eases?
- The Travel Industry and the Effects of Covid-19
- Charities during the Coronavirus – is the Government’s help enough?
- Speed is Vital With CBILS Applications
- Advice for Companies and Directors During the Coronavirus Pandemic
- Antony Batty & Company Opens Latest New Office – in Bournemouth
- New Croydon Office for Insolvency Practitioner Antony Batty and Company
- Our Insolvency Practitioners’ Review of 2019
- Charlie Mercer – Insolvency Administrator at Antony Batty and Company
- 5 Licensed Insolvency Practitioners
- The April 2019 Loan Charge – Employee Benefit Trusts and Insolvency
- Our Insolvency Practitioners Review of 2017
- Category: Company Voluntary Arrangement
- What are the options for paying back a Bounce Back Loan?
- The Potential Misuse of CBILs/CLBILs/BBLs – an Insolvency Practitioners Perspective
- Commentary on Latest Insolvency Statistics 2020-2021
- Covid-19 Specific Provisions for Company Voluntary Arrangements
- What is a Company Voluntary Arrangement? What Benefits do they Bring?
- Company Voluntary Arrangements “CVAs” – Not Just for Large Retailers
- Company Voluntary Arrangements Vs Pre-Pack Administrations
- Insolvency Practitoners’ Update – Company Voluntary Arrangements
- Company Voluntary Arrangements – Not Just for Retail or Restaurants
- Company Voluntary Arrangements, Landlords and Business Rates
- Landlords and Company Voluntary Arrangements
- Company Voluntary Arrangements: A Dive in the Penalty Box?
- Company Voluntary Arrangements and Insolvent Restaurants
- Company Voluntary Arrangements and AIM Listed Companies
- HMRCs Commercial Approach to the Company Voluntary Arrangement and IVA
- Category: Creditors Voluntary Liquidation
- Judge orders director of gift company to repay £43,500 via a Compensation Order for a falsely obtained Bounce Back Loan (BBL)
- UK Restaurant insolvencies rise by 46% in last 12 months
- Directors be Vigilant! Talk to your Accountant to understand a Director’s Loan Account and your potential Liabilities
- Directors with Multiple Company liquidations can find themselves with a Personal Tax liability to HMRC.
- Corporate insolvencies continue to grow, quarterly and month on month.
- What are the options for closing IR35 contractor limited companies?
- Directors of Limited companies take care when paying Dividends
- Company Insolvencies at highest level since 2009
- What are the Advantages of a Creditors Voluntary Liquidation (“CVL”)?
- Fines, prison sentences and Director Disqualification for directors who abused the Bounce Back Loan Scheme
- Directors be Vigilant! The additional tax charge for an un-repaid Director’s Loan Account is 33.75%
- Is ignorance bliss? Why it is important for directors to document their actions if concerned they are insolvent.
- Dependency on benefits in UK hits an all-time high, whilst insolvencies in December 2022 were 32% higher than December 2021 and 76% higher than pre-pandemic.
- Directors be Vigilant! Understanding a Directors Loan Account and your Liabilities
- Corporate Insolvencies jump by over 80% in Q2 2022
- Are you in control of your cash flow?
- Section 216 – Did you know The Reuse of a Company Name After Liquidation is Prohibited
- Bounce Back Loans. Lifeline or Potential Headache?
- Government announces that temporary insolvency restrictions will end in October
- Insolvency Service gets new retrospective powers to investigate directors of dissolved companies and combat Bounce Back Loan Fraud
- Working to help business recover from Covid-19
- A Members Voluntary Liquidation and two CVLs
- Creditors Voluntary Liquidation and the Insolvency Rule Changes
- Category: Directors' Duties
- Overtrading V Wrongful Trading: what are the key differences?
- The Improper use of Customers’ Deposits
- Paying Dividends – The Consequences of Paying Illegal Dividends
- Did you know part of a director’s responsibility is to scrutinise their fellow directors?
- Bounce Back Loans – The time has come to repay them. First letters being sent out NOW asking for repayment in May 2021
- Directors Beware – The Suspension of Wrongful Trading ended on 30th September
- Temporary Suspension of Wrongful Trading Provisions
- Category: Employee Benefit Trusts
- Independent Loan Charge Review
- The Loan Charge is Causing Huge Mental Stress
- Employee Benefit Trusts. Can’t Pay the Loan Charge?
- The Loan Charge and Employee Benefit Trusts
- Employee Benefit Trusts. Is HMRC Softening its Stance?
- Employee Benefit Trusts, the Loan Charge and HMRC’s Hard Line
- Professional Footballers, HMRC, Employee Benefit Trusts and Tax Advice
- Employee Benefit Trusts. HMRC Too Aggressive?
- HMRC Aggressively Chasing Payment of APNs
- Employee Benefit Trusts and the April 2019 Loan Charge
- Facing a Tax Demand Because of an Employee Benefit Trust? Insolvency Practitioners can Help
- Category: Featured
- Budget November 22nd 2023 – Is the clock ticking for Business Asset Disposal Relief?
- Only 50% of pubs are operating at a profit
- Directors beware – HMRC issues highest number of winding-up petitions since before the Covid-19 pandemic
- Antony Batty & Company notes further regulation plan for Insolvency Practitioners
- Antony Batty & Company Employee Focus: Tony Chambers
- Directors must be vigilant to avoid Wrongful Trading
- Cash is King for Businesses in Distress
- Why you should do a check before you choose your Business’s suppliers
- Insolvency Mediation – Insolvency Practitioners make good Mediators.
- Reduced energy bill support could affect 25% of small businesses
- What do the current figures look like in the Insolvency industry?
- The Mini Budget September 2022 and Insolvency
- Rising Energy Bills put SMEs at Risk, says ex-Chancellor Alistair Darling
- Covid Rent Arrears – Court of Appeal decides in favour of Landlords in London Trocadero (2015) LLP v Picturehouse Cinemas Limited
- First Director goes to prison for Bounce Back Loan Fraud
- Insolvency Practitioner Lawrence King’s Work with Law Firms
- Toxic Debt now affects Over Half of UK Businesses
- The Key Autumn 2021 Budget Announcements for Businesses
- How can a Company with an outstanding Bounce Back Loan be closed?
- 10 tips to help with Debt Recovery
- The first steps to take if you are concerned about your company’s financial position
- The Key Signs of Financial Distress
- Is your business facing the prospect of making hard decisions about staff redundancy?
- Debt Relief Orders for Personal Debt Increased to £30,000 from End June 2021
- The Government continues to provide company directors with measures to help them sustain inherently viable businesses.
- Bounce Back Loans – 20% of borrowers are asking for more time to pay
- Members Voluntary Liquidations for Venture Capital Trusts
- Antony Batty & Company Partner Focus: Stephen Evans, Insolvency Practitioner
- Uncovering the new Recovery Loan – A commercial look at the scheme
- Further Temporary Suspension of Wrongful Trading Provisions to 30th June 2021
- Is Furlough now just ‘Kicking the Can Down the Road’ and allowing Unviable Jobs to Survive Short Term?
- Is the Budget Simply About Business Survival or Will It Really Boost Turnaround and Recovery?
- Redundancy Pay – Did you know the Government will pay if the Company you work for goes out of business?
- Returning Employees from Furlough
- Successful Members Voluntary Liquidation for Marine123
- What happens if you can’t pay back Covid-19 Loans and What About Loan Fraud?
- Time to check your policies following the Supreme Court’s ruling over Covid-19 Business Interruption Insurance
- 250,000 Businesses Might Close in 2021
- Coronavirus, Business Recovery and HMRC’s New Preferential Creditor Status
- Business Interruption Insurance Claims During the Pandemic
- Redundancy: What you need to know
- Covid-19 and the Commercial Property Sector
- Insolvencies in the Hospitality Sector – Is Covid-19 an Existential Threat?
- The Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS). Is Security Required?
- Urgent Alert – Update on Entrepreneurs’ Relief
- 2 New Recruits Join Insolvency Practitioner Antony Batty and Company
- Alison Gates – Insolvency Specialist at Antony Batty and Company
- Steve Illes Partner at Insolvency Practitioners Antony Batty
- Antony Batty Insolvency Practitioners – 21st in top 100 Insolvency Practices
- Insolvency Practitioners and Retail Failures
- 2 New Insolvency Experts Join The Team
- Corporation Tax and Members Voluntary Liquidations
- A Day in the Life of an Insolvency Practitioner
- Licensed Insolvency Practitioners Celebrate 20th Birthday
- Licensed Insolvency Practitioners and Business Turnaround
- Category: Individual Voluntary Arrangement
- Category: Insolvency
- Building Business Resilience in a challenging and inflationary world
- Insolvency Practitioners Report a Busy 2 months
- What is a Typical Week in the Life of an Insolvency Practitioner?
- Prohibited Names – A Minefield for Directors
- Insolvency Practitioners and Future Trends in Director Disqualification
- Small Charity Insolvency and Insolvency Practitioners
- Brexit Uncertainty? China Slowdown? Insolvencies are Rising
- Company Insolvency Advice from Antony Batty & Company
- HMRC to Become a Secondary Preferential Creditor
- Insolvency Practitioners and Financially Distressed Companies
- The Withdrawal of Trade Credit Insurance – A Death Spiral?
- Insolvency, the Domino Effect and Insolvency Practitioners
- Are All Insolvency Practitioners the Same?
- Insolvency Practitioners and Estate Agencies in Financial Distress
- Unrecoverable Debt Grows – Our Insolvency Practitioners Comment
- Carillion and Small Businesses in Distress
- HMRC, Restaurants, VAT and Insolvency Practitioners
- The Importance of Cash Flow. Insolvency Practitioners can Help
- Non-Tax Paying Businesses and Insolvency Practitioners
- Insolvency Practitioners and Director Disqualification
- Insolvency Practitioners and Zombie Companies
- Insolvency Practitioners London News
- Insolvency Practitioners News from Antony Batty & Co
- Insolvency Practitioners and The New Insolvency Rules.
- Insolvency Practitioner News from April 2017
- Part 18 Rules by Insolvency Practitioner Tom Gardiner
- Insolvency Practitioner News March 2017
- Business rate reviews and effects on SME’s
- New Cases for our Insolvency Practitioners, Jan – Feb 2017
- Our Appointments as Insolvency Practitioners Nov – Dec 2016
- New Insolvency Rules and Insolvency Practitioners
- Insolvency Practitioners News Sept to Oct 2016
- Insolvency Practitioners News June – August 2016
- Category: Members Voluntary Liquidation
- Business Asset Disposal Relief (formerly known as Entrepreneurs’ Relief). What Next?
- Urgent Alert – Entrepreneurs’ Relief. Will it be Scrapped?
- Solvent Liquidation for Sports Charity
- Members Voluntary Liquidations and Entrepreneurs’ Relief
- Stopping Entrepreneurs’ Relief and Members Voluntary Liquidations
- Restructuring London Company using Members Voluntary Liquidations
- Members Voluntary Liquidations – and Entrepreneurs Relief
- Can a Members Voluntary Liquidation Become an Insolvent One?
Testimonials
- Case Study for a Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation
- All Insolvency instructions are not the same!! Steve Marshall reports on a complex insolvency case for a client involving an IVA and, ultimately, bankruptcy.
- Antony Batty & Company complete Administration of LSE listed Iconic Labs PLC
- Members Voluntary Liquidation of Deron Developments Limited - Testimonial
- A Testimonial for a Creditors Voluntary Liquidation: “100% perfect - would recommend Steve and the team to anybody.”
- Successful Company Voluntary Arrangement for Be Military Fit
- Successful Company Voluntary Arrangement for Chalfont Hotels
- Going the Extra Mile. Testimonial from a Relieved Employee
- Case study of a Covid-19 related Company Administration – Koine Money Limited
- Administration & Creditors Voluntary Liquidation for Covid-19 decimated travel company
- Join In Trust Limited - Members Voluntary Liquidation Testimonial
- Testimonial for a Restoration of a Limited Company
- On Time and On Budget - Members Voluntary Liquidation Testimonial
- Members Voluntary Liquidation for Gauss Investments Limited
- Another Successful Members’ Voluntary Liquidation
- Testimonial for the Members Voluntary Liquidation of APT.64 Limited
- A “Valuable Partner” in Delivering the Members Voluntary Liquidation for The Sausage Man Ltd
- Testimonial for a Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation
- Efficient and Professional Members Voluntary Liquidation of Graham Energy Solutions
- Successful Company Voluntary Arrangement for The Entrepreneurs Circle Limited
- Testimonial for a Successful Individual Voluntary Arrangement by our London Team
- Members Voluntary Liquidation Testimonial for our London Team
- Testimonial by Sole Director for Members Voluntary Liquidation
- London Team Receives Excellent Members Voluntary Liquidation Testimonial
- Overseas Members Voluntary Liquidation Testimonial
- Members Voluntary Liquidations and Statutory Interest
- Testimonial for Company Voluntary Arrangement, London
- Successful Members Voluntary Liquidations
- Company Voluntary Arrangements and Restructuring
- The Speedy, Friendly and Expert Insolvency Practitioner
- Innovative Strategies for Company Administration
- Members Voluntary Liquidation of a Timber Company
- Members Voluntary Liquidation Testimonial
- Testimonial for an Insolvency Practitioner by an Insolvency Lawyer
- Travel Company in Administration – Testimonial for Antony Batty & Company
- Testimonial for a Company Voluntary Arrangement
- CVAs and AIM Listed PLCs
- Company Voluntary Arrangement Case Studies
- Successful Company Voluntary Arrangements
- Charities and Insolvency
- Case Studies for Travel Industry Insolvencies
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