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Insolvency Service—builder sentenced for illegally managing new companies

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Published on: 11 February 2021
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Issue Date: 11 February 2021

Published Date: 11 February 2021

Jurisdiction(s): England

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The Insolvency Service has announced that a builder has received a suspended sentence after breaching his disqualification and illegally managing three building companies in Staffordshire. The builder, Michael Ashton, was sentenced to 18 weeks imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, ordered to carry out 60 hours of unpaid work and pay costs of £2,500 at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on 20 January 2021.

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