"I could speculate - but I won't - that those buying it now were the same that were interested in buying it before.. only now they have it without the debts.
I trust that staff will not be out of pocket on this one.. it's bad enough stitching up the creditors in such a (totally legal!) way."
Oversteer, in such circumstances, wages and salaries rank no 2 after inland revenue (and customs), then secured creditors, then unsecured creditors and finally shareholders.
Pretty logical really: tough on shareholders maybe but that's the foundation of the system - risk and reward.