From a £1bn dream to a brutal collapse: How Brewdog hit the rocks The rise and fall of the garage start-up which set out to revolutionise the brewing industry.

#LAW373 #insolvency www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Brewdog: Bars close and hundreds lose jobs as beer firm sold in £33m deal Beverage and cannabis company Tilray acquires the Aberdeenshire brewery, the brand and 11 bars for £33m.

#LAW373 #corporateinsolvency - “Administrators said the sale had preserved 733 jobs - but that 484 jobs had been lost and 38 bars had closed after they were not included in the rescue deal.” Bars close and hundreds lose jobs as US firm buys Brewdog in £33m deal www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Each week in the #LAW373 Corporate Insolvency Law module we discuss a sample of the latest corporate insolvencies, their drivers/causes, procedure type, and any other novel issues. Here is the slide as we go into week 6...

Isn’t this just a form of protracted phoenixism?? So is he engaging in a.216 Insolvency Act 1986 activity? I seem to remember some of his previous ventures owed substantial amounts to creditors - wasn’t it about £90million? #LAW373 #insolvency

Director of Kent car sales company banned for Covid loan abuse Joseph Harrison, the director of South East Commercials Ltd was disqualified as a director for 12 years and ordered to repay £38,295.

Limited liability and creditor abuse #LAW373 - www.gov.uk/government/n...

Romford builder banned for Covid loan abuse agrees to repay money he should never have claimed Construction director previously disqualified as a director signs compensation agreement

More BBLS outcomes - #LAW373 - www.gov.uk/government/n...

Director of education support companies jailed after spending £200,000 in Covid loans ‘as he saw fit’ Bounce Back Loan fraudster convicted after Insolvency Service investigations

#LAW373 - as we consider directors’ disqualification see this recent egregious example of BBLS fraud - www.gov.uk/government/n...

#LAW373 Corporate insolvencies by brand 2025 (to April 27th)

Man charged with 64 offences in Hull Legacy funeral home inquiry The charges follow an inquiry into a Hull funeral directors in which police removed human remains.

#LAW373 - a rare fraudulent trading case - s213 IA86- Man charged with 64 offences in funeral home probe www.bbc.com/news/article...

Fantastic to be able to welcome renowned US bankruptcy scholar Professor Karen Gross to Liverpool. Prof.Gross will be lecturing the #LAW373 students on communitarian bankruptcy theory, stakeholders, and more. #thefabsix @livunihss.bsky.social

Thank you to Jag and Justin from the Government’s Insolvency Service for giving a lecture to the #LAW373 corporate insolvency students about national interest liquidations at @livunihss.bsky.social

2025 corporate insolvencies by company brand - week nine! #insolvency #LAW373

Television personality Ant Middleton banned as company director over unpaid taxes His company owed more than £1 million in corporation tax and VAT when it went into liquidation

#LAW373 - why only 4 years on the Sevenoaks scale? Seems a lot of value to take out of the entity with taxpayers dipping out substantially. www.gov.uk/government/n...

Dundee University insolvency 'a real possibility' Senior management give evidence over the university's £35m financial deficit to MSPs.

#LAW373: At what point do cases like this tip over into wrongful trading (depending on the form used by the entity). Especially if the indebtedness should have been known at an earlier date?: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#LAW373 As a charitable company was KC appropriately managed with company records, minutes, tax, beneficiary records, provision of financial data at key meetings (before Newsnight allegations?) Should charity directors using companies meet same standards as for profit directors?

Thames Water: Challenge to £3bn rescue deal dismissed The funding allows the company to continue operating and attempt to restructure its massive debt pile.

Court of Appeal #ThamesWater result (but not the reasons at the moment) are in. Appeal dismissed. Does this mean Lib Dem Maynard pays the costs personally? #LAW373 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Thames Water set for crucial court ruling If it does collapse, who will pay and how much?

#LAW373 - an interesting piece by Simon Jack on the Thames Water RP - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Thames Water secures £3bn lifeline after court ruling The UK's largest water and waste company was set to run out of money by the end of March.

#LAW373 - Why is a Lib Dem MP appearing on the BBC Today programme undermining Mr Justice Leech’s attempt to implement the rescue culture using a restructuring plan? #thameswater www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#LAW373 - some queries to ponder in the context of insolvent charities: Were the charitable purposes deprived of book sale proceeds? Didn’t Sir Tom intend these proceeds of book sales to be used to benefit the charity? Who retained the money from the book sales? #charitylaw #insolvency

Thousands more university jobs at risk, union warns The University and College Union says 5,000 jobs are already being cut and the sector is "on its knees".

#LAW373 - liquidity issues in the HE sector - Thousands more university jobs at risk, union warns www.bbc.com/news/article... -#insolvency

Edinburgh University to seek £140m in savings Unions said the plans would result in

#LAW373: liquidity issues hitting the HE sector - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Delivery driver who spent Covid funds on drugs and gambling also withdrew cash for home renovations just before he went bankrupt Bounce Back Loan fraudster handed suspended sentence and curfew

#LAW373 Some further bounce back loan news: www.gov.uk/government/n...

Wedding venue closure means we've lost everything, bride says Couples say they have lost thousands following the sudden closure of an award-winning wedding venue.

#Law373 further to our seminars this week - some more local insolvency news - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #insolvency

As we warm up for semester two week one and the start of the #LAW373 corporate insolvency lectures here is a picture that represents the best bankruptcy/film mash up of all time! Great Scott!! The DeLorean receivership. Excuse the buffoon in the background.

Chesterfield shop shuts as Dragons' Den star takes over company Sara Davies founded the company in 2005 and has taken over again after it entered administration.

“The Crafter's Companion store in Barlborough, near Chesterfield, was shut by administrators on 7 January, leaving 10 people redundant, but the Evesham base, in Worcestershire, has remained open.” #LAW373 #administration www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...