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about="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/notice/4968013" property="gaz:isAbout" resource="this:notifiableThing"></span><span about="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/notice/4968013" property="prov:has_provenance" resource="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/notice/4968013/provenance"></span><span about="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/notice/4968013" property="prov:has_anchor" resource="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/notice/4968013"></span><span about="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/notice/4968013" content="4968013" datatype="xsd:integer" property="gaz:hasNoticeNumber"></span><span resource="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/notice/4968013" typeof="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/def/publication#Notice"></span><span resource="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/notice/4968013" typeof="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/def/insolvency#NoticeOfIntendedDividends"></span><span resource="this:notifiableThing" typeof="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/def/publication#NotifiableThing"></span><span 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about="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/notice/4968013" property="prov:alternateOf" resource="http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/id/issues/64857/notices/4968013" typeof="gaz:Notice"></span></div><dl class="metadata"><dt>Notice category:</dt><dd data-ui-class="category">Corporate Insolvency</dd><dt>Notice type:</dt><dd data-ui-class="notice-type">Notice of Intended Dividends</dd><dt>Publication date:</dt><dd about="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/notice/4968013" content="2025-09-24T17:30:31" datatype="xsd:dateTime" property="gaz:hasPublicationDate"><time datetime="2025-09-24T17:30:31">24 September 2025</time></dd><dt>Edition:</dt><dd>The <span about="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/edition/London" datatype="xsd:string" property="gaz:editionName">London</span> Gazette</dd><dt>Notice ID:</dt><dd about="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/notice/4968013" property="gaz:hasNoticeID">4968013</dd><dt>Notice code:</dt><dd about="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/notice/4968013" datatype="xsd:integer" property="gaz:hasNoticeCode">2406</dd><dt>Issue number:</dt><dd about="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/edition/London/issue/64857" datatype="xsd:string" property="gaz:hasIssueNumber">64857</dd><dt>Page number:</dt><dd about="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/notice/4968013" datatype="xsd:string" property="gaz:hasPageNumber">18553</dd></dl><div about="this:notifiableThing" class="content" data-gazettes="Notice" data-gazettes-type="2406"><div data-gazettes="Company" property="insolvency:hasCompany" resource="http://business.data.gov.uk/id/company/08656255" typeof="gazorg:LimitedCompany"><h3><span data-gazettes="CompanyName" data-gazettes-class="Company" datatype="xsd:string" property="gazorg:name">UTILITY PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS OPERATIONS LIMITED</span></h3><span data-gazettes="CompanyNumber" datatype="xsd:string" property="gazorg:companyNumber">08656255</span><p><span data-gazettes="CompanyStatus" datatype="xsd:string" property="gazorg:status">In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation</span></p><p data-gazettes="CompanyRegisteredOffice" property="gazorg:hasRegisteredOffice" resource="this:company-1-CompanyRegisteredOffice-1" typeof="vcard:Address">Registered office: <span property="vcard:label">PwC LLP, Central Square, Wellington Street, Leeds, LS1 4DL</span></p></div><div data-gazettes="P"><p data-gazettes="Text">NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Rule 14.28 of the Insolvency (England &amp; Wales) Rules 2016 that the Joint Liquidators, intend to declare a first and final dividend to unsecured creditors of the company within 2 months of the last date for proving on 17 October 2025.</p></div><div data-gazettes="P"><p data-gazettes="Text">Creditors who have not yet proved, must send their full names and addresses (and those of their Solicitors, if any), together with full particulars of their debts or claims to the Joint Liquidators at Merchant Square, 20-22 Wellington Place, Belfast, BT1 6GE by 17 October 2025.</p></div><div data-gazettes="P"><p data-gazettes="Text">If so required by notice from the Joint Liquidators, either personally or by their Solicitors, Creditors must come in and prove their debts at such time and place as shall be specified in such notice. If they default in providing such proof, they will be excluded from the benefit of any distribution made before such debts are proved.</p></div><div data-gazettes="P"><p data-gazettes="Text">The distribution may be made without regard to the claim of any person in respect of a debt not proved.</p></div><div data-gazettes="P"><p data-gazettes="Text"></p></div><div data-gazettes="Administration"><p data-gazettes="Administrator">Joint Liquidator:
        <span data-gazettes="Administrator" property="insolvency:hasLiquidator" resource="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/insolvency-practitioner/9663" typeof="foaf:Agent"><span about="this:notifiableThing" property="insolvency:hasPrimaryIP" resource="this:IP1"></span><span content="9355" datatype="xsd:string" property="person:hasIPnum"></span><span property="vcard:adr" resource="this:administrator-1-AddressLineGroup-1"></span><span property="gazorg:hasOrganisationMember" resource="this:administrator-1-FirmName-1"></span><em><span content="David Matthew Hammond" property="foaf:name"></span><span data-gazettes="Forename" property="foaf:firstName">David</span> <span data-gazettes="MiddleNames" property="foaf:givenName">Matthew</span> <span data-gazettes="Surname" property="foaf:familyName">Hammond</span> </em></span>
        (IP number <span data-gazettes="OfficeHolderNumber">9355</span>) of <span about="this:administrator-1-FirmName-1" data-gazettes="FirmName" typeof="gazorg:ForProfitOrganisation"><span property="gazorg:name">PwC</span></span>, <span about="this:administrator-1-AddressLineGroup-1" typeof="vcard:Address"><span content="1 Chamberlain Square, Birmingham, B3 3AX" property="vcard:label"></span>1 Chamberlain Square, Birmingham, B3 3AX</span>.
    </p></div><div data-gazettes="Administration"><p data-gazettes="Administrator">Joint Liquidator:
        <span data-gazettes="Administrator" property="insolvency:hasLiquidator" resource="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/insolvency-practitioner/9663" typeof="foaf:Agent"><span about="this:notifiableThing" property="insolvency:hasPrimaryIP" resource="this:IP1"></span><span content="9663" datatype="xsd:string" property="person:hasIPnum"></span><span property="vcard:adr" resource="this:administrator-1-AddressLineGroup-1"></span><span property="gazorg:hasOrganisationMember" resource="this:administrator-1-FirmName-1"></span><em><span content="Edward Williams" property="foaf:name"></span><span data-gazettes="Forename" property="foaf:firstName">Edward</span> <span data-gazettes="Surname" property="foaf:familyName">Williams</span> </em></span>
        (IP number <span data-gazettes="OfficeHolderNumber">9663</span>) of <span about="this:administrator-1-FirmName-1" data-gazettes="FirmName" typeof="gazorg:ForProfitOrganisation"><span property="gazorg:name">PwC</span></span>, <span about="this:administrator-1-AddressLineGroup-1" typeof="vcard:Address"><span content="1 Chamberlain Square, Birmingham, B3 3AX" property="vcard:label"></span>1 Chamberlain Square, Birmingham, B3 3AX</span>.
    </p></div><p><span content="2018-12-04" data-date="2018-12-04" data-gazettes="DateOfAppointment" datatype="xsd:date" property="insolvency:dateOfAppointment">Date of Appointment: 04 December 2018</span></p><div data-gazettes="P"><p data-gazettes="Text">For further details contact Hollee McIlwaine on 07841072330 or at uk_creditorservices@pwc.com</p></div></div></article><section class="summary"><dl><dt>Company Address</dt><dd>PwC LLP, Central Square, Wellington Street, Leeds, LS1 4DL</dd></dl></section></body></html>