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(From Financial Director)

Byline: Sarah Perrin.

With foggy economic outlooks for many market sectors, increasing numbers of FDs will find themselves focused on steering clear of insolvency.

Could new measures provide a practical survival aid?

The measures in question reside in the incoming fast-track administration process introduced by the Enterprise Act 2002, a process more in tune with the debtor-friendly Chapter 11 procedure in the US. Directors will be able to appoint an administrator by simply filing a Notice of Appointment at court, with no hearing before a judge required. This means companies will be able to shelter rapidly ...

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