Editor at Insolvency News. Editor of Insolvency News. Covers UK administrations, voluntary and compulsory liquidations, moratoriums, prohibited-name notices and secured-lender activity from the official record.
James Waterton is the editor of Insolvency News. He is the named human in the review chain for every article on the site: each draft is generated from public-record data by an automated pipeline (Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.6), then reviewed and approved by him before it is published.
His remit is UK corporate insolvency as it appears in the official record: appointments of administrators (Schedule B1, Insolvency Act 1986), creditors' voluntary liquidation resolutions and liquidator appointments, court-ordered winding-up, creditor petitions, standalone moratoriums under Part A1, prohibited-name notices under section 216, and the secured-lender and director context that surrounds each event.
The editorial process draws exclusively from The London Gazette and Companies House under the UK Open Government Licence v3.0. Every article links to the underlying Gazette notice and to the Companies House company record. Synthesised claims that go beyond those structured sources are required to carry an inline citation. The full methodology is documented at /methodology and the editorial standards at /editorial-standards.
Insolvency News does not run advertising, sponsored content, or paid placements, and does not take payment from any firm it covers. The publisher (Tooltap Limited, 16206381) is the data controller for any personal data handled by the site. Right-of-reply and correction requests are handled by the editor at editorial@insolvency-news.uk; the corrections policy and log are at /corrections.
Three directors of Tec Partners Limited, which entered administration on 1 May 2026, have filed a Section 216 prohibited-name notice to trade as Tec Partners Recruitment Limited. Full notice and Companies House record.
The sole director of Persian Palace Limited has given a Rule 22.4 prohibited-name notice to carry on trading as Persian Castle Ltd after the restaurant entered administration. Full notice and Companies House record.
Founding director Dr Mark Kotter has filed a prohibited-name notice to continue Clock.Bio Ltd's business through clock.health Ltd after the Cambridge biotech entered administration in March 2026. Full notice and Companies House record.
Three directors of The Tec Recruitment Group Limited have filed a Section 216 prohibited-name notice to trade on as TEC Partners Recruitment Limited. Full notice and Companies House record.
Three directors of a Reading recruitment business have filed a Section 216 prohibited-name notice to carry on trading under a near-identical name. Full notice and Companies House record.
Advanced Beauty Medical Clinics Limited, trading as Cavendish Clinic, entered insolvent liquidation on 19 May 2026. Director Matthew James has filed a Section 216 notice. Full notice and Companies House record.
Tong Dinner Ltd, trading as Gouqi at Cockspur Street in central London, was placed into administration by the High Court on 15 May 2026. See the appointed administrators and registered charges.
The High Court of Justice appointed FRP Advisory's Nedim Ailyan and Glyn Mummery as joint administrators to Composite Tech Holdings Limited on 15 May 2026. Full notice and Companies House record.
Express Beds Ltd, trading as BedWorld, entered insolvent liquidation on 14 May 2026. Its director has now filed a Section 216 notice to continue trading. Full notice and Companies House record.
GH Bio-Power Limited, a Walsall bio-energy holding company, entered administration on 15 May 2026 after a Birmingham High Court order. See the appointed administrators and registered charges.
PFL Realisations Limited, formerly Pulse Fibre Limited, entered administration on 12 May 2026 after a High Court appointment in Manchester. See the appointed administrators and registered charges.
Lakes Bathrooms Limited, a Gloucestershire bathroom products wholesaler, entered administration on 18 May 2026 with three Grant Thornton practitioners appointed. See the appointed administrators and registered charges.
Timberland Joinery Limited entered insolvent liquidation on 14 May 2026, and its director has filed a Section 216 notice to trade on as Timberland Joinery SW Ltd. Full notice and Companies House record.
Bathroom pod maker OEP UK, which bought its failed sister company in a £85,000 pre-pack in 2021, has itself entered administration via the Business and Property Courts.
A prohibited-name notice filed in May 2026 signals director David Burrows Wilkinson plans to trade on under a similar name after the Manchester funeral firm's February liquidation.
O'Briens Bottle Shop Limited wound up voluntarily on 22 April 2026, with a prohibited-name notice filed weeks later signalling plans to trade on under a similar name.
Stag London Limited, a retail clothing company registered in Finchley, has published a prohibited-name notice under section 216 of the Insolvency Act 1986 as it enters liquidation.
Firebox.com Holdings Limited, the holding company behind the early dotcom novelty gifts retailer, has entered creditors' voluntary liquidation with BTG Begbies Traynor appointed.
The High Court of Justice appointed administrators to Blind Pig Limited, a London film production company, on 14 May 2026 after nearly 18 years of trading.
A prohibited-name notice has been published in the Gazette for Street Kitchen Services Limited, a Staffordshire catering firm, filed by director Edmund Roseveare.