Cube Partnership/International

Summary

The requester asked for the amount of money recovered from Cube International Limited owed to the Isle of Man government and local businesses. The Department for Enterprise stated it could not provide this information because the liquidation process is still ongoing.

Key Facts

• Cube International Limited appointed liquidators in February of the previous year.
• The liquidation process is currently ongoing.
• The Department for Enterprise does not hold the requested recovery figures until the liquidation is complete.
• The request was received on 6 February 2025 and responded to on 24 February 2025.
• The response took twenty minutes to complete.

Data Disclosed

• 6 February 2025
• 24 February 2025
• February of last year
• twenty minutes
• 4429845

Exemptions Cited

• Information not held or cannot be found after taking reasonable steps

Original Request

How much of the money owed to the A) Isle of Man government and B) local businesses has been recovered from Cube International Limited.

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Freedom of Information Co-ordinator 1st Floor, St Georges Court Upper Church Street, Douglas Isle of Man IM1 1EX

Telephone: (01624 686400) Website: https://www.iomdfenterprise.im/

Our ref: 4429845 24 February 2025

Dear ###

We write further to your request, received 6 February 2025, which states:

"How much of the money owed to the A) Isle of Man government and B) local businesses has been recovered from Cube International Limited."

Our response to you is as follows: Whilst our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the public authority does not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find the information that you have requested. Cube International Limited appointed liquidators in February of last year, that liquidation process is still ongoing and until such time that the Department is advised of the process completion the Department is not in a position to provide the information requested.

Please quote the reference number 4429845 in any future communications.

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This response took twenty minutes to complete.