R3 Wrong to Blame Cable’s Insolvency Service for Fall in Company Director Disqualifications

The UK’s leading professional association for insolvency and business recovery specialists, R3, claims dodgy company directors are escaping punishment because the Insolvency Service (IS) is more concerned with meeting targets than launching complex investigations. According to R3, while the number of reports alleging director misconduct has doubled since 2003, during the same period there’s been…

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Is Vince Cable Brave Enough to Take on the Insolvency Industry?

When we blogged about David Cameron’s u-turn on insolvency reform back in October, who would’ve imagined that Business Secretary Vince Cable would follow suit – certainly not us. In June, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) released a damning report calling for sweeping reforms of the insolvency industry. Cable was supposed to respond to the…

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