Failed directors are let off hook under bankruptcy law’s shake-up

Failed directors are let off hook under bankruptcy law’s radical shake-up By Dan Atkinson For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:32 BST, 4 July 2020 | Updated: 22:51 BST, 4 July 2020 A radical shake-up to bankruptcy law last week allows directors at failed firms to remain in charge – and will shield them from … Read more

ROBERT HARDMAN asks when a workshy nation facing bankruptcy will shake off its torpor

Today, at long last, pubs will pull a pint for the first time in months. Hotels and B&Bs have been pulling off the dustsheets. The RAC predicts traffic congestion (in England, at least) as people are finally authorised to spend a night under a roof that is not their own. Online traffic has been equally … Read more

Cirque du Soleil files for bankruptcy protection as…

Cirque du Soleil files for bankruptcy and lays off 3,500 workers after COVID-19 cancelled shows Cirque du Soleil filed for bankruptcy in Canada on Monday while it develops a plan to restart its business amid the pandemic  The creator of many of the most popular shows in Las Vegas blamed the ‘immense disruption and forced … Read more

Chesapeake Energy files for bankruptcy protection in the US

Fracking pioneer Chesapeake Energy files for bankruptcy protection in the US By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 29 June 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 29 June 2020 Chesapeake Energy entered so-called ‘chapter 11’ with a crippling £7.3bn debt pile Fracking pioneer Chesapeake Energy has filed for bankruptcy protection in the United … Read more

Car-rental giant Hertz ‘is preparing to file for bankruptcy with $19BILLION of debt’

Car-rental giant Hertz ‘is preparing to file for bankruptcy with $19BILLION of debt’ after share prices plummet and 10,000 staff are laid off amid the coronavirus pandemic Hertz could file for bankruptcy this weekend after skipping car-lease payments last month The coronavirus pandemic has crippled the Florida-based company, which was already struggling with billions of … Read more

Katie Price is slammed by trolls for flaunting her £45,000 car and 1,800 bag despite bankruptcy

Katie Price is slammed by trolls for flaunting her £45,000 Range Rover 4X4 and £1,800 Louis Vuitton bag despite being declared bankrupt By Andrew Bullock For Mailonline Published: 11:39 BST, 19 May 2020 | Updated: 11:49 BST, 19 May 2020 Bankrupt Katie Price has been slammed by fans on Instagram after flaunting her flashy lifestyle, … Read more