DTI denies accusations of insolvency own goal

The Department of Trade (DTI) has launched a detailed rebuttal of research that concluded the recent overhaul of corporate insolvency was an embarrassing own goal for the government's drive to achieve more corporate rescues.

Exchange 'slow to freeze Versailles'

London Stock Exchange regulators waited eight months before they suspended trading in shares of collapsed finance group Versailles despite being aware of a Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) investigation into the firm, a court heard yesterday

Defendant acquitted in Versailles trial

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) suffered a fresh blow to its credibility yesterday after Lorraine Jones, one of the two main protagonists in the Versailles trial, was acquitted of fraud charges.