UK restructuring plans grow popular with foreign firms
Part 26A Restructuring Plans were introduced in 2020 in the UK as a powerful, court-approved mechanism for companies facing financial distress. Their defining feature is the cross-class cram
International
Rising insolvencies, Zombie companies and the UK economy
Business failures are on the increase again, with a 12% month-on-month and 16% year-on-year rise in October 2025. This obviously creates concern and wonder what this surge says
International risks and meaningful due diligence
Despite disturbances in the commercial Force, such as Brexit or US tariffs, the UK is fundamentally a trading nation, buying and selling goods and services all around the
How will building 300,000 new homes a year affect the UK’s housebuilders?
Within a week of its election in early July 2024, the new government was shouting from the rooftops about its ambitious plans to address the UK’s housing crisis
What is really going on with corporate insolvencies?
The corporate insolvency statistics for July 2024 published by the Insolvency Service showed that it was another worryingly busy month for business failures, although it was quieter than
How cross-border insolvency works in practice
Decades of increasing globalisation and the dominance of ever more complicated multi-national corporate groups have meant that even quite small and otherwise straightforward UK businesses have international relationships