The NI Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment has accepted a disqualification undertaking for four years from Mr Anthony Hughes in respect of his conduct as a director of Cavan company, Blueharbour Properties Limited.

Blueharbour Properties Limited carried on the business of building houses and developing sites from 182 Newry Road, Kilkeel and went into liquidation on 25 May 2006 with estimated assets of £4,140, no liabilities to preferential creditors, liabilities of £363,044 to non-preferential creditors and an estimated deficiency as regards creditors of £358,904. After taking into account the losses incurred by members (shareholders, including the directors) of the company the total estimated deficiency was £358,905.

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The Department accepted the disqualification undertaking from Anthony Hughes on 12 May 2010 based on three instances of unfit conduct, which solely for the purposes of the disqualification procedure was not disputed.

Mr Hughes was found to cause and allow the company to fail to pay Crown monies totalling £100,368.09 consisting of £3,020.22 of PAYE for the year 2003/2004; and £2,766.57of PAYE, £2,766.57 of NIC and £91,814.73 of VAT for the year 2004/2005.

He was found to be causing and permitting the company to misuse a bank account in that a total of 14 cheques with a value of £45,083.32 were returned unpaid by the Northern Bank in the period 4 February 2004 to 28 January 2005 and fees of £532.00 were levied in respect of these dishonoured cheques.

Mr Hughes also failed to deliver up statutory records for the company to the Official Receiver.

The Department accepted a disqualification undertaking for eight years from Thomas Michael McGreevy on 27 May 2009 in respect of his conduct in the same company.

The Department has accepted nine Disqualification Undertakings and the Court has made an order disqualifying one director in the financial year commencing 1 April 2010.

(NS/BMcC)