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The best way forward when struggling to repay a Bounce Back Loan

When the government launched its business support loan schemes early in the pandemic, there was widespread praise for the initiative. The speed of roll out, […]

How business liabilities can balloon during insolvency

Following our first three articles on business devaluation during insolvency, we now turn our attention to the liabilities in the balance sheet. What is often […]

How current assets melt away in an insolvency situation

In this third instalment on the devaluation of a business during insolvency, we turn our attention to current assets. These assets can not only shrink […]

What happens to non-current assets in an insolvency situation?

In our first article in this series, we looked at the mystery of why apparently solvent companies end up heavily devalued and paying almost nothing […]

The hard realities of ‘soft credit’

Those who run and manage businesses are familiar with the two traditional sources of funding. They understand balance sheet finance, whether it is debt from […]

As CBILS defaults rise, what now for struggling borrowers?

The Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS Scheme) One of the three main pandemic loan mechanisms, the CBIL Scheme, ran from March 2020 to March […]

Debt collection challenges as business energy price support is slashed

January 12, 2023

The government’s cut in support for businesses on their energy costs announced in the new Energy Bills Discount Scheme was expected, but the scale of […]

How will businesses be affected by the energy support cut?

January 10, 2023

As energy prices disappeared off the chart in the wake of the Ukraine conflict, the government opened its coffers last autumn and wrote what has […]

After the annus horribles of 2022, what will the business outlook be in 2023?

January 9, 2023

The futility of predicting 2022 Even Nostradamus would have struggled to get his economic forecasts right for 2022, although there were straws in the winter […]

What does the Government’s political reset mean for businesses?

January 5, 2023

The Prime Minister’s speech on 4 January was intended to clarify the aims and aspirations of what is still a very new administration, coming after […]