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Business energy price cap and Bank of England base rate increase – what businesses need to consider
Business energy price cap With the appointment of Liz Truss as Prime Minister, business owners have waited with baited breath to find out what, if […]
Covid loans: An escalating crisis
The covid loan schemes The government’s speedy launch of the various Coronavirus Business Support loan schemes when the pandemic struck in 2020 was one of […]
Which sectors are most affected by corporate insolvencies?
When the Insolvency Service published its statistics for the second quarter of 2022, all the attention was on the headline, overall numbers. There were 5,629 […]
The perilous state of the UK hospitality sector
It is impossible right now to watch a news broadcast, read a newspaper or scan through a news website without being struck by the warnings […]
The overtrading risk for businesses in recovery
As businesses emerge from two years of pandemic related stress (financial and otherwise) it would be easy to look at the increasing headwinds of rising […]
Re-calibrating Individual Voluntary Arrangements in the cost of living crisis
The flip side of rampant inflation is how it deflates not just the disposable income available for the basics in life, such as food, energy […]
Why a company’s credit rating can be its most vital asset
Having a poor credit score is a current concern for many businesses and in some industries, a potentially fatal one. If a company is deemed […]
UK Zombie companies – how serious is the problem?
Whilst many know what Zombie companies are, how they are created and why they are a problem for both the economy generally and can be […]
Global Insolvency Pandemic trends – why is the UK an outlier?
As the Coronavirus outbreak morphed into a once-in-a-century pandemic in early 2020, governments all round the world started to pour unprecedented sums into their economies […]
Supporting staff through the cost of living crisis
The pandemic brought huge disruption to businesses of all shapes and sizes; over the least two years, their staff have had to endure once-in-a-career disruption […]