The Insolvency Service banned more than 1,000 directors in 2024/25 - the majority for Covid loan abuse. The Insolvency Service...

Business closures in the UK surged to their highest level since 2021, according to latest data for Quarter 1. An analysis of insolvency...

More than 2,000 companies filed for insolvency in February as economic conditions continued to bite. The number of insolvencies in...

Compulsory liquidations of UK companies hit a decade-high last year. The courts ordered 3,230 companies to stop trading in 2024 because...

Optimise, the insolvency litigation and financing business launched by Provenio Litigation LLP, has marked its first year in business...

Insolvency experts are warning that insolvencies will rise over the next 12 months.   In particular, the government’s cost increases to...

Revised figures show that the UK economy had zero growth between July and September 2024. Initial figures by the Office for National...

The Optimise team takes a look at the key insolvency related takeaways from yesterday’s Budget: Rise in employers’ National Insurance and...

Optimise’s regular round-up of cases of interest to insolvency practitioners and solicitors. Webb v Eversholt Rail Limited  [2024] EWHC...

The number of registered company insolvencies in England and Wales was 1,973 in September 2024, 2% higher than in August 2024 (1,943)...

A record number of businesses are ‘teetering on the edge of collapse’ according to new research by Begbies Traynor.   The ‘Red Flag...

Optimise was a proud sponsor of yesterday’s R3 Yorkshire Business lunch.   The event, at The Met Hotel in Leeds, showcased the strength...

Optimise - the insolvency litigation and financing business launched by Provenio Litigation LLP earlier this year - has launched a new...

More companies went into insolvency last year than in the 2008 financial crisis, according to new figures from  the Insolvency Service ....

The Insolvency Service’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2023-24 have now been published. Commenting on the report, Mark Goodwin, Founder...

Optimise’s new monthly round-up of cases of interest to insolvency practitioners and solicitors. Hellard & Ors v OJSC Rossiysky Kredit...

Latest figures from the Insolvency Service indicate that England and Wales recorded the second-highest number of company insolvencies...

The Official Receiver has announced plans to return £280 million to creditors of the Thomas Cook group of companies, the high-street...

Rowley and Wright (the joint liquidators), BHS Group Ltd (in liquidation) & ors v Chappell, Henningson, Chandler – our analysis... 𝗔...

The number of company insolvencies remains significantly higher than just a couple of years ago, according to new figures from the...