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.
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The Consumer Helpline Limited, a Swansea consumer services firm, has entered administration for at least the second time, with Xeinadin Corporate Recovery appointed on 15 May 2026.
FRP Advisory's Andy John and Miles Needham were appointed administrators to KTRW Engineering (Developments) Limited on 15 May 2026 after HMRC filed a winding-up petition in August 2025.
The High Court appointed McTear Williams & Wood as joint administrators to Velocity Homes Limited on 18 May 2026, a small London residential developer incorporated in 2019.
Ian Moore has filed a prohibited name notice to reuse the Northern Resin Driveways name months after the Leeds driveway firm entered creditors' voluntary liquidation in December 2025.
Must Have Tickets Ltd, a Norwich-based ticketing business, has had a Gazette notice published regarding the re-use of a prohibited name. The notice was filed on 20 May 2026.
BBRS Limited, a Kent motor vehicle repair firm operating since 2002, has published a prohibited-name notice in the Gazette, signalling a connected successor may trade under a similar name.
Joint administrators from Crowe UK LLP were appointed to The Art Academy on 12 May 2026, leaving students facing transfer as the Borough High Street fine-art college enters administration.
Tripsmiths Ltd and TS Travel Ltd, described as operating together with 100 years of combined experience, both entered administration on 14 May 2026. See the appointed administrators and registered charges.
A prohibited name notice has been issued for Enfields Leeds Limited, formerly an estate agency based in Leeds. The notice was published on 20 May 2026.
Mirriad Advertising PLC, an AIM-listed virtual product placement specialist, has entered administration. The company failed to secure urgent funding, leading to the suspension of its shares.
Simply Marvellous Properties Limited entered administration on 18 March 2026, the third group entity to do so, with charges over a Mayfair flat held by Emirates NBD and Neptune Funding.
A prohibited-name notice has been published for Armstrong Construction (Hull) Limited, the Hull domestic builder wound up in March 2026 following a Liverpool court petition.
Harcourt Landscapes Limited has published a prohibited name notice following its creditors' voluntary liquidation in February 2026. The notice relates to the re-use of a company name.
Buchler Phillips partners Jo Milner and David Buchler are joint administrators at Aeralis Ltd, the Bristol modular jet trainer startup that collapsed on 15 May 2026.
Persian Palace Limited, a Persian restaurant on Uxbridge Road in West Ealing, was placed into administration by the High Court on 15 May 2026, with NatWest holding an outstanding charge.
Manchester hairdressing micro-entity Marina Salon By FKZ Limited was voluntarily wound up on 13 May 2026, triggering a prohibited-name notice published six days later.
County Durham takeaway Fast Fry Wheatleyhill Ltd entered liquidation on 6 May 2026, with AABRS Limited's Nicola Meadows and Mark Newton appointed as liquidators.