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Anger at axed reforms to pre-pack insolvency

SMALL business lobby group the Forum of Private Business has criticised the Government's decision to ditch reforms of the controversial pre-pack insolvency process, warning it can threaten the future of creditors who are left with debts.

In a pre-pack administration, the assets of a company are sold immediately after it enters administration, often to directors of the original firm.

Under the Government's proposals, insolvency practitioners would have had to notify creditors in advance of a pre-pack and allow three days for the proposals to be challenged.