Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s restaurant group has gone into administration after failing to secure additional financial backing with administrators KPMG closing all but threee restaurants immediately

Thomas Hulme, cryptoasset specialist at law firm Mackrell Turner Garrett, examines the rules of insolvency and cryptoassets, and how creditors can recover money from an insolvent person or business’s digital wallet

Members of a horse racing syndicate, Layezy Racing Owners Club, whose owner has been declared bankrupt face losing millions of pounds, because the insolvency means the horses are not able to run under the regulations of the racing industry’s ruling body

The government’s independent airline insolvency review, set up in the wake of the collapse of Monarch Airlines in 2017, has recommended developing a special administration regime (SAR) to keeping aircraft flying in order to repatriate travellers, but has run into industry opposition

Troubled Bolton Wanderers Football Club has gone into administration and faces a 12-point deduction next season as the club is relegated to League One

Debenhams, which has seen its lenders take control of the troubled high street chain, has had its company voluntary arrangement (CVA) approved by creditors and will be closing 22 stores by early next year, raising the prospect of local authorities losing an estimated £8.5m in business rates

Business advisory firm Quantuma has been named as administrators of Genus UK Ltd, trading as Select, the high street chain which has collapsed putting up to 2,000 jobs at risk

The number of so-called zombie companies, defined as those operating under sustained financial strain, is rising and causing a significant drag-effect on the UK economy, according to analysis from KPMG 

Four Seasons, the UK's second largest care home group, has called in administrators as the company faces financial crisis, from over-leveraged debt and escalating running costs exacerbated by the squeeze on local authority funding

Corporate insolvencies rose in the first quarter of 2019, with administrations reaching their highest level for five years, official figures from the Insolvency Service show

The number of businesses judged to be in ‘significant’ distress now stands at 484,000, or 16% of all UK businesses, according to research by Begbies Traynor, which is warning of concerns that the UK could suffer a broader economic slowdown as Brexit uncertainty grows

Provisional estimates show that in 2018-19 personal insolvencies in Scotland increased by 20.5%, while in corporate insolvencies rose by 9.3% according to statistics from the Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB)

Howard Smith and David Costley-Wood from KPMG’s restructuring practice have been appointed as joint administrators to warehousing and distribution company RPL Transport Ltd, which has collapsed after experiencing cashflow difficulties

The high street’s decline is accelerating, with a record number of stores disappearing in 2018 and a sharp drop in the number being opened, according to analysis from PwC which says the increasing cost of occupancy, shift to online and subdued consumer spending are all taking their toll

High street department chain Debenhams has gone into administration in a pre-pack as lenders take over control of the group following the appointment of FTI Consulting LLP, putting more high street jobs at risk