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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HDDL Limited, formerly Harbinger Darlington Developments Ltd, has entered administration. GH Capital Investments Limited holds security over the freehold of the B&Q site in Darlington.
Lavval Restaurants Limited, the company behind the historic Spaghetti House Italian chain, has entered administration. The business has ceased trading after 70 years of operation.
RSM UK administrators appointed to Valuecare Ltd on 7 May 2026 after Norton Hall nursing home in Worcester shut permanently, leaving residents displaced.
Kevin Weir of Hudson Weir Limited was appointed administrator to Nationwide Self-Storage Limited on 11 May 2026 after a High Court order sealed the appointment.
BDO's William Tait and Danny Dartnaill are appointed joint administrators to Voltaire Group UK Holdings, formerly Study Group UK, after a High Court order on 8 May 2026.
GA&A Design Limited, an architectural services firm based in Weybridge, has been placed into administration. Andrew R Bailey and Martin C Armstrong were appointed as joint administrators.
RSM UK Restructuring Advisory's Joe Barry and Damian Webb were appointed administrators to HCRG Medical Services Limited on 1 May 2026 by the High Court.
RSM UK Restructuring Advisory's Joe Barry and Damian Webb were appointed joint administrators of CRG Medical Services Ltd on 1 May 2026 by the High Court.
Instant Despatch Services Limited, trading as Loop Logistics, entered administration on 6 May 2026 with 42 redundancies and FRP Advisory appointed to handle the Northampton road freight firm.
FRP Advisory appointed administrators to Denby USA Limited on 5 May 2026 as the US arm of the Derbyshire pottery brand seeks a buyer amid financial pressure.
Grant Thornton's Oliver Haunch is appointed administrator to KCH (Ashford) Limited, a residential developer holding a brownfield site in Ashford, Kent.
Greater Manchester taxi operator Mainline Private Hire Limited has been placed into administration. An HMRC winding-up petition against the firm was dismissed weeks earlier.
RSM UK Restructuring Advisory LLP has been appointed to administer TEC Partners Limited, a Reading recruitment firm incorporated in 2004, following a High Court order dated 1 May 2026.
RSM UK Restructuring Advisory has been appointed over Tec Partners (South East) Limited, a recruitment firm incorporated in 2000, with Sonovate Limited holding the sole secured charge.
RSM Restructuring Advisory's Lee Lockwood and James Miller were appointed joint administrators to The Tec Recruitment Group Limited on 1 May 2026 by the Leeds Business and Property Courts.