by Paul Brindley | Aug 27, 2026 | CVLs
The expression “centrebind liquidation” sounds as though it describes a special form of court-controlled insolvency procedure. It does not. A centrebind is not a separate type of liquidation, and it is certainly not another name for provisional liquidation. It is a...
by Paul Brindley | Aug 25, 2026 | Advice to Directors, Creditor, Supplier and Employee Issues
There isn’t a great deal of government money readily available to businesses at the moment. However, Research and Development tax relief remains an established route through which companies undertaking genuine innovation may obtain valuable tax support, improving...
by Paul Brindley | Aug 25, 2026 | Creditor, Supplier and Employee Issues
Rent is often one of the first large payments a struggling company starts to miss. Perhaps sales have fallen. A major customer is late paying. HMRC is pressing. Wages have to be found on Friday… and the money6 for the quarterly rent simply isn’t there. That...
by Paul Brindley | Aug 23, 2026 | VAi
Today, 23 August 2026, marks three years since VAi, our insolvency co-pilot, went live. Three years. In the world of AI, that feels like rather a long time. When we launched VAi on 23 August 2023, ChatGPT itself had been publicly available for less than a year. Most...
by Paul Brindley | Aug 20, 2026 | Advice to Directors
One of the more difficult conversations I have with directors concerns an overdrawn director’s loan account. The director often regards it as an accounting entry. I, as liquidator, have to regard it as an asset. If a director has taken money from the company which was...
