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“Large number” of retailers expected to fail in coming months
Ben Stevens reports for Retail Gazette on the tough prospects for many UK retailers. “There will be more casualties going through the summer,” Opus Restructuring’s […]
More pain on the way for UK retail
City AM retail reporter, Helen Cahill reports that a triple-blow of tax hikes, rising costs and a squeeze on consumer spending is threatening to wipe out […]
BBC Panorama features homecare industry research by Opus Restructuring & Company Watch
Concern at the rapidly escalating social care crisis in the UK has been growing for some time. This prompted emergency financial assistance from the Treasury in […]
Domicilary Care Finances: a report by Opus Restructuring & Company Watch
The parlous financial state of the UK’s domiciliary care sector has been the subject of increasing debate and public concern since government austerity measures began […]
Home care services near to collapse
FT reporter, Gill Plimmer writes that the UK’s care home industry is “on the brink of collapse” with companies either going bankrupt or pulling out […]
Why 1,796 defunct personal service companies may be just the start
When whatever it is that they’re protesting about gets waved through by the government, we tend to forget protesters. Even before their arguments get discarded […]
One in four home care companies on the brink of bankruptcy in the UK
Josh Robbins reports for the International Business Times on the financial and operational crisis engulfing the social care system in the UK. Domiciliary care companies […]
Over a quarter of UK homecare providers at risk of insolvency
The BBC reports that home care firms have cancelled contracts with 95 UK councils, saying they cannot deliver services for the amount they are being […]
Opera and gourmet pasta? Luxury care homes break the mould says the FT
Tucked between glitzy shops on London’s upmarket King’s Road is one of Britain’s most expensive nursing homes. Opened last year by hotelier Laurence Geller, Chelsea […]
Do advances in the fintech sector endanger traditional commercial banking?
The business and personal finance media has for some time been awash with talk of fintech disruptors muscling in on the financial services market. A […]