Industry News & Insight

We post regularly in our news and insight section discussing current industry topics, covering all divisions within the Group.

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‘Accountant’ Hammond told to approve £4.6bn stimulus

October 18, 2016

Contractor UK website looks at the likely impact on IT contractors of pressure being applied to the Chancellor to boost the economy in his Autumn […]

Tough times ahead for UK construction industry post Brexit vote

October 17, 2016

In the first three months after the UK voted to leave the EU, the value of new construction orders dropped 18% on the previous quarter […]

Brexit: good news for cross-border insolvency or a disaster?

October 7, 2016

Corporate Rescue & Insolvency magazine has published our concerns about the impact of Brexit not just on the handling of future cross-border failures, but on […]

How coming clean to the taxman has lost its carrot

October 5, 2016

Our head of Disputes & Forensics, Liz Coleman recommends that IT contractors and other taxpayers take the opportunity of HMRC’s new Worldwide Disclosure Facility (WDF) […]

The Funding Obstacle Course

September 13, 2016

Our Business Risk Analyst, Nick Hood looks at the internal and external politics at play when companies are raising new money or restructuring their existing […]

Stephen Berry joins Opus to Spearhead our Liverpool Office

September 7, 2016

We are delighted to welcome Stephen as a Partner in the firm.  He will be based at our Liverpool Office, where he will be using his […]

East Sussex printing business fails

September 2, 2016

PrintWeek editor, Jo Francis reports on the demise of Manor Creative, which has ceased trading after a failed merger with the historic Hasting Printing.  Opus […]

We’re recruiting! Marketing Executive needed!

August 31, 2016

The Opus Business Services Group is looking to recruit a full time Marketing Executive to take charge of and co-ordinate marketing activity for our rapidly growing […]

Care home giant Four Seasons in talks with bondholders

August 24, 2016

Healthcare expert, Gill Plimmer has looked at the latest financials from one of the UK’s leading care home operators in today’s Financial Times, Four Seasons […]

How to avoid personally paying your limited company’s tax bill

August 22, 2016

‘Flipping’ a contractor’s limited company’s unpaid tax liabilities onto the individual is the focus of a campaign by HMRC. Our head of Forensics & Disputes, […]