If you are personally struggling with debt to the point of insolvency, i.e. your outgoings are much greater than your incoming funds, it may have been suggested to you – or a creditor is forcing the issue – that you enter an Individual Involuntary Arrangement (IVA). An IVA is a legally-binding agreement made between you [...]
If you are a director of a limited company, you have the ability to borrow money from the business, i.e. make a withdrawal, as long as it’s not for a dividend, salary or repayment of an expense, and it’s not money you’ve loaned or paid into the company. Each director of a limited company has [...]
In the UK, there is a set process to closing down or restructuring a limited company, whether it is solvent or insolvent. This process is known as liquidation and can only be handled by a licensed insolvency practitioner (IP) in accordance with the Insolvency Act 1986. Types of liquidation proceedings There are four main [...]
