VG Mathers collapses after nearly 60 years

Rising fuel, insurance and maintenance costs force Aberdeenshire haulage business into liquidation

Funding shortfall sinks Edinburgh tech pioneer

BTG has taken control of pureLiFi after a failed search for new investment, with the company’s internationally patented LiFi technology expected to be central to recoveries for creditors

Court finds restructurings likely aimed at frustrating enforcement of arbitration awards

UK Supreme Court confirms that unrecognised foreign judgments under common law rules can trigger insolvency proceedings

Court of Appeal finds administrator appointment arguably invalidated because of appointor’s improper purpose

Q2 2026 UK Turnaround and Restructuring Update

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Directors ordered to pay over £77 million for "straightforward misappropriation"

Gold & General liquidators win summary judgment after court finds directors stripped insolvent company of 84% stake in Metallon for no consideration

SPV administrations expose deeper problems at Fenchurch Legal

Administrators’ proposals across four additional funding vehicles show millions raised from investors and channelled into Fenchurch Legal, while competing claims to loan book recoveries leave ultimate returns uncertain

Burnham shelves Thames Water administration plans over costs