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Nov 2023
Unsecured credits and HMRC are unlikely to receive any payment after the collapsed of failed Harrogate company Amvoc, administrators have said.
The telemarketing company, which was based at Cardale Park, collapsed and was placed into administration in March this year.
In a latest administrators report published this week, Gareth Lewis, Lewis Business Recovery and Insolvency, said it is anticipated funds will be available to pay former staff.
However, HMRC, which is classed as a “secondary preferential creditor”, and unsecured credits are expected to receive no money.
According to the report, employees are owed £233,507.52 in wages, holiday pay and pension contribution arrears.
Meanwhile, HMRC is owed £1.1 million in unpaid VAT, unpaid employees PAYE and national insurance, student loan deductions and industry scheme deductions.
Mr Lewis said in his report that it is unlikely that any repayment will be made.
He said:
Mr Lewis added that there was “no likelihood” that unsecured creditors, who were previously estimated to be owed £868,267, would receive payment.
According to the report, equipment from the company’s old offices on Cardale Park, such as computers, desk and chairs, had now been sold.
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