Top UK businesswoman banned from being company director over Covid loans abuse
By Martin Coyle ( September 18, 2025, 14:15 GMT | Insight) -- A former head of one of the UK's leading business groups has been banned from acting as a company director for 11 years over a Covid loan abuse totaling thousands of pounds, the UK's insolvency agency said on Thursday. Anna Daroy abused the government's Bounce Back Loan Scheme by obtaining two loans when businesses were entitled to just one, the Insolvency Service said. A former head of one of the UK's leading business groups has been banned from acting as a company director for 11 years over a Covid loan abuse totaling thousands of pounds, the UK's insolvency agency said on Thursday....
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