A Bedfordshire joiner whose two companies failed to pay more than £300,000 in tax has been sentenced after ignoring a director disqualification.

The director of an Essex construction firm has been disqualified as a director for eight years after taking more than £300,000 in deposits for home improvements that were never completed.

The Insolvency Service has published online advice for ISG’s employees, suppliers and contractors affected by the company’s fallout.

A self-employed construction contractor from East London has been ordered to pay £10,000 within one week after transferring a Covid support loan to his personal account. 

A self-employed builder has been sentenced after overstating income to claim £50,000 through a Covid support government loan – which he then lost in a scam crypto investment scheme.

A former chief executive of collapsed contractor Carillion has been disqualified for eight years.

Two construction businessmen have been banned from running a company for a total of 16 years after breaching the rules of the Bounce Back Loan scheme.

A second Carillion ex-finance chief has been banned from being a director for his role in obscuring the contractor’s financial position that eventually led to its collapse in 2018.

A former finance chief of the collapsed constrution firm Carillion has been disqualified from being a director for over a decade by the Insolvency Service.