Pension negligence lands boss with seven-year ban
An insurance company director has been banned from company directorships after failing to keep adequate records and provide scheme members with up-to-date information.
The Insolvency Service handed the seven-year sanction to Cheshire-based Ivor John Jenkins following a multi-year investigation which also saw his company, Optimum Financial Solutions, wound up last February....
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