Month: November 2021

The Disqualification Files

Six Year Disqualification for Company Director for Failing to Provide Proof a Barclays Bounce Back Loan Was Used for the Benefit of the Business and Whether that Business Was Eligible for the Job Retention Scheme Grant It Received

November 3, 2021

The Insolvency Service will soon have to take on a lot more staff to deal with the avalanche of business insolvencies that will come their way moving forward, and reports are that there has been a massive jump in the number of businesses being wound up. Today’s case is yet another Company Director disqualification regarding BBL wrongdoing but also Job Retention Scheme Grant wrongdoing. […]

The Disqualification Files

Insolvency Service Opens a Huge Can of Worms with Ruling on and Their Understanding of “Estimated Turnover” After Handing Company Co-Directors a 10 and 11 Year Disqualification Respectively for BBL Wrongdoing

November 1, 2021

Today’s case involves two Co-Directors hit with a 10 and 11 year disqualification, their joint business was incorporated in 2018, but an estimated turnover for 2019 was used to apply for a BBL, which the Insolvency Service appear to indicate was fine, based on their interpretation of the rules. However, the Insolvency Service put into question the whole aspect of the “estimated turnover” and when it should have been used, but they also indicate a “should have known it was lower” element. […]