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Winding Up Petition

Winding-up petitions and assertive creditor behaviour in Scotland

A subtle but significant shift is taking place in the world of corporate debt and enforcement in Scotland. With liquidity tightening, inflationary pressures lingering, and refinancing options constrained, creditors are becoming more assertive and formal enforcement tools like winding-up petitions are firmly back in play. In the Scottish marketplace we have recently witnessed a sustained rise in creditor led compulsory

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spending review 2025

What does the Spending Review 2025 mean for UK businesses?

The June 2025 Spending Review sets out ambitious plans for economic recovery and long-term growth with a strong emphasis on digital transformation and modernising labour force skills. How should UK businesses react and how could it affect them? Impact on sectors and skills Overall, government day-to-day spending will increase by 1.7% per year, while capital investment will grow by 3.6%

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economic overview for June 2025

Economic Overview for June 2025

A month on from our last look at the UK economy and its prospects, our economic review for June 2025 has yet more evidence of just how volatile the global and domestic conditions are. A blizzard of bilateral trade deals involving Britain and variously, India, the USA and the EU have been announced, if not necessarily worked out in any

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entrepreneurship UK economy

Is entrepreneurship thriving in a stagnant UK economy?

Is the business community and entrepreneurship an increasing force within the UK economy? The current UK Government’s top economic priority since it came to power has been generating growth in an economy that by any judgment, has struggled for many years to match the performance of most, if not all of its major competitors. The reasons are various, some of

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standalone Moratorium procedure

UK & USA Economic Prosperity Deal: Impact for UK manufacturing

The announcement of the economic prosperity deal between the USA and the UK has generated much political and media ballyhoo. Despite the euphoria, cooler heads in many UK manufacturing sub-sectors are discounting the comments from the two countries’ leaders and their senior advisers, and instead they are scouring the detail-lite four and a half page deal document for anything tangible

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Why fraud prevention is no longer just a finance function

Let’s start with a question: Was fraud prevention ever just a finance function? After 27 years working in fraud prevention across the private, public, and third sectors, I can confidently say the answer is no. Throughout my career, I’ve seen fraud fall under the remit of Audit, Risk, Legal, Compliance, Governance, Security, the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), and, yes,

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