On 4 May 2021 KPMG LLP sold its UK Restructuring business to Interpath Ltd (trading as Interpath Advisory), a newly-formed company which is backed by H.I.G. Europe, the European affiliate of H.I.G. Capital, LLC. The office holders mentioned below have transferred from KPMG to Interpath Advisory and remain in office. Further details of the sale are available on the KPMG website here.

New School Trends Limited – in Administration

Howard Smith and David Costley-Wood were appointed Joint Administrators of New School Trends Limited – in Administration (the ‘Company’) on 21 December 2018.

Statutory notices and reports

Notice of appointment 
Letter to creditors 
Joint Administrators’ Proposals 
Letter to all known creditors - Notice of Joint Administrators' proposals 
Notice of deemed approval of Proposals 
AM06 - Notice of approval of Administrators' Proposals 
Letter to creditors - 1st Progress Report 
1st Progress Report 
Notice of Extension 
AM19 Notice of extension of period of administration 
Letter to creditors - 2nd Progress report 
2nd Progress Report 
3rd Progress Report 
Notice to move from administration to dissolution 
AM23 - Notice of move from administration to dissolution 
Final Progress Report 

Howard Smith and David James Costley-Wood are authorised to act as insolvency practitioners by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales.

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