Bolton company director banned over ‘illegal worker’ breach

The Insolvency Service announced this week that Sundas Ali, who’s last known address was in Great Lever, has been banned from running companies for four years.

The service said that Ali, 32, had breached her duties as a director of New Zak Services Ltd by failing to abide by The Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

A statement said: “Sundas Ali has breached her duties as a director of New Zak Services Ltd by failing to ensure that it complied with legislative requirements in that company did not comply with its statutory obligations under The Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006, resulting in the employment of one illegal worker.

The Insolvency Service issued a ban (Image: Newsquest)

“Home Office Immigration Enforcement (HOIE) after investigating the company issued a Notification of Liability for a Civil Penalty of £10,000 in respect of the employment of these illegal workers, payment of which was due on or before September 15, 2023.

“Company has paid £2,222.24 of the fine due to HOIE.

“Sundas Ali was an appointed director of the company at the time of the breach of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality legislation.” 

According to Companies House, the business was mainly a retailer that focused on food, drink and tobacco.

A winding up notice on Companies House said that New Zak Services Ltd’s trading address was found on Springfield Road in Kearsley, where it traded as MHP News.

The registered office was moved to The Copper Room Deva City Office Park, Trinity Way, Manchester, as part of the liquidation process.

Companies House shows that New Zak Services Ltd was first incorporated on April 18, 2017.

It was dissolved on March 2 this year, with its last accounts made up to April 30, 2023, and its last confirmation statement dated July 8, 2023.

The Insolvency Service says that Ali had been a director of the company at the time the breach happened.

It says her ban from being a company director will start from March 27, 2026 and will remain in force for the next four years.