Clarke Bell is a firm of Licensed Insolvency Practitioners, based in Manchester and established in 1994. We resolve debt problems and cashflow issues for small and medium sized businesses, sole traders and individuals.

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Cashflow problems hits business and its directors

Clarke Bell were approached by the directors of a children’s play-centre which had run into financial difficulties. The problems were also having a major impact on the per...


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Textile company goes into voluntary liquidation

The UK textile industry has been hit hard in recent years, with a number of companies forced out of business due to financial pressures caused by difficult trading conditions. H...


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Metals company gets business rescue

Problems in the UK manufacturing and processing industries continue to result in casualties among small and medium sized undertakings.However, the worst financial co...


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I.T. company is rescued from financial difficulties

It is some time since the dotcom bubble burst, but the I.T. industry remains vulnerable to financial problems, even in the case of well-established businesses. When Oxfo...


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Publisher leaps back to profits

It can be easy for a business to find itself with cash-flow problems - especially when it is investing in modernisation and expansion plans.This was the case for Qua...


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Artificial grass company cuts its costs and grows

Given the Great British climate, it is not surprising that a company that provides artificial surfaces which enable play for 365 days a year for sports such as football, hockey ...


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Debt Problems for Cheshire car-valeting firm

Companies often try to secure major contracts in order to generate high turnover and profits. There are, however, dangers associated with large contracts, especially for small f...


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Business Recovery strategy for engineering company - saves 100 jobs

An engineering company, with a £20m annual turnover, was experiencing difficulties as a result of the shrinking market for its core products.Although the compa...


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Manufacturing company saved and restored to profitability

A holding company and its two subsidiaries were experiencing financial difficulties, but have been reorganised and restructured into a New Company free of debt through the advic...


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Retailer reorganises and resurges back to profitability

A long-established retailer of furniture with a recognised brand name was in serious financial difficulties due to a number of its under-performing stores.The compan...


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Manchester haulier addresses financial problems

Financial problems became too much for a Manchester firm of hauliers, so Insolvency Practitioners Clarke Bell were called for help....


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Shortfall in VAT refund leads to cashflow problem for SME

Manchester-based Insolvency Practitioners Clarke Bell were able to offer advice and help to a small business which was facing sev...


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Cashflow problems for North West-based estate agent

Voluntary Liquidation was the only option Clarke Bell could take for a North West-based Estate Agent when their cashflow problems kept mounting.The Estate Agent had ...


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Dealing with cashflow problems for food distributors

Mama Luigi Limited was established more than 20 years ago as Frozen and Ambient Food Distributors. From its purpose-built premises in Cheshire, it employed 17 members of staff. ...


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Business Recovery for bar in Manchester

Clarke Bell has rescued one of Manchester’s leading bars from having to call time.TV21 Café Bar, based on Thomas Street in Manchester's Northern Quarter...


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Pre-pack admin gives Manchester wholesaler a bright future

Incorporated in 1931, Thomas Currie and Co. (Manchester) Limited was a very well-established wholesaler of eggs, trading out of New Smithfield Market in Manchester. &nbs...


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Voluntary Liquidation for Manchester telecoms firm

  The background Earlier this year Paul Lever, the director of Ultracoms Limited, came to Clarke Bell for ...


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Help with cashflow problems for flooring contractors

Interfloor Interior Fitout Limited started trading in July 2008 as commercial flooring contractors and employed three members of staff. Andy Brown was jointly responsible for th...


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Construction firm goes into CVL

We were asked to help a business that had found itself with financial difficulties…   A good start   The company ...


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Debt company gets debt advice

Our client was a Wilmslow-based company offering advice on Individual Voluntary Arrangements (IVA&ap...


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CVL and IVA help restaurant director deal with his financial problems

A company director came to us for advice on how to deal with his financial problems, problems which were having a massive impact on both his business and his personal life....


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