Industry News & Insight
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Cooplands bakery chain Administration saves 50 jobs in Doncaster
The Doncaster Free Press reports on the rescue of local bakery chain, Cooplands which was founded during Queen Victoria’s reign. The sale by the Administrators, […]
SMEs must wake up and smell the coffee of impending financial distress
Research by Opus and the financial health monitoring specialists, Company Watch has revealed that over two thirds of business rescues attempted via the UK’s premier […]
Historic Yorkshire bakery chain Cooplands rescued in pre-pack deal
Following their appointment as Administrators on 2nd November 2016, Opus partners Steve Parker and Trevor Binyon completed the rescue of Yorkshire bakery chain, Cooplands through a […]
Business in trouble? Get your head out of the sand!
Management Today has published a hard hitting blog by our Business Risk Adviser, Nick Hood urging business owners and managers of troubled companies to call […]
Failure for 70% of Administration cases
Accountancy Live reports on research by Opus Restructuring & Company Watch, which confirms that in over two thirds of all Administrations started and completed in […]
When do the new HMRC disguised remuneration rules bite?
Our Head of Disputes & Forensics, Liz Coleman answers an IT contractor’s question on the Contractor UK website. “In terms of timing, a consultation did […]
BBC World interview on Chinese online retail giant Alibaba
Our Business Risk Adviser, Nick Hood was interviewed live this morning on BBC World Business Report by Sally Bundock on the latest quarterly results from […]
Credit risk management media comments on high failure rate for business rescues
Following publication of research by Opus Restructuring and Company Watch which confirmed that over two thirds of business rescue attempts via the Administration insolvency procedure […]
Two thirds of business rescues through Administration fail
Using the analytics function at financial evaluation experts Company Watch, Opus Restructuring has examined the outcomes of all Administration cases in England and Wales, which commenced […]
There’ll be nothing fashionable about the UK retail sector this Christmas
The UK retail sector is experiencing a pernicious pincer effect on its already vulnerable profitability as top line income falls and the weakness of sterling […]