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All the latest news and press releases from The Insolvency Service.

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Top stories

• Bankrupt jailed for six months for asset disposal

  27 Jan 2012

  Bankrupt sentenced to six months in prison for removing £23,000 from his estate while undergoing bankruptcy proceedings

• Woolworths Tribunal Award

  23 Jan 2012

  Tribunal award for former employees of Woolworths Plc company number 00104206

• Generation Y turns to Debt Relief Orders to deal with debt

  29 Dec 2011

  The Insolvency Service is running a ‘Dealing with your debt’ campaign with support from debt charities Citizens Advice Bureau, Money Advice Trust and the Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS).The campaign aims to help the young deal with their debt in the most appropriate and effective way.

• Court upholds ‘Fast Eddie’ director disqualification

  14 Feb 2012

  Edward Davenport, a fraudster convicted last year as the mastermind behind a high-profile advance fee scam and disqualified from being a director, has lost his legal appeal against the disqualification following opposition from the Insolvency Service.

• Manchester company wound up following Government investigation

  10 Feb 2012

  A Manchester-based company claiming to sell franchise opportunities has been wound up in the public interest by the High Court following an investigation by Company Investigations of the Insolvency Service.

• Phones 2 U Direct.co.uk Limited directors given seven-year ban

  3 Feb 2012

  Two directors of failed mobile ‘phone cash-back’ company Phones 2 U Direct.Co.UK Limited have undertaken not to be directors following an investigation by Company Investigations, part of the Insolvency Service.