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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BBC World interview on Chinese online retail giant Alibaba

November 2, 2016

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

November 1, 2016

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

October 31, 2016

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

October 24, 2016

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 […]

‘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 […]