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 turned out to be an £18bn cheque to the UK business community, providing a desperately needed lifeline until the end of March 2023. Speculation has been rife for weeks that the Energy Bill Relief Scheme
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 wind with consumer inflation already heading north at 5.4% as we started the year and Russian troops were massing on the Ukrainian border. Oil prices had already gained 50% in 2021, so surely it would
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 a period of almost unparalleled political and financial turmoil. Objectives were set and some rather broad promises made. The UK’s business community is facing the most comprehensive set of challenges in modern times, as factors
The inability of Companies House (CH) to police and quality control the data it puts on its Register and the implications for people depending on it has long made the UK’s claims to be a sophisticated business environment a laughing stock around the globe. Amongst other consequences has been the transformation of London into one of the world’s most prolific
Traditionally, the prospect of taking a claim or a counterclaim into the dark world of commercial litigation and possibly into the courtroom is one of the most intimidating challenges a business can face. In our first blog on litigation funding, we looked at some of the options for claimants and defendants that have emerged in recent years, which now make
The IT support, security and telecommunications consultancy, Prism has launched its first ever report into the major issues facing SMEs as they struggle through the bumps, twists and turns of the troubled UK economy. Opus is honoured to have been asked to contribute to this excellent and wide ranging review of the SME market, along with other firms and professionals
