Bitcoin (BTC) is officially ten years old, this year, and is the world’s most prolific and established cryptocurrency. Over the last decade, BTC has repeatedly defied its doubters and despite a string of setbacks, from Mt Gox in 2014 to Quadriga earlier this year, nothing has so far managed to derail it. The simplest way to acquire BTC is to
Background story – Trev’s charity skydive On a mad day around Christmas after two many glasses of red, a friend of mine mentioned that he had been bought a 50th birthday present by his wife, which involved jumping out of plane and skydiving back down to earth (there is another sub text story in there somewhere!). In my merry state, as it was
As part of its UK strategy, Opus opened a new office in Birmingham in 2017 to grow its footprint in the Midlands. Having enjoyed steady growth since, and to continue to meet the demands in the region, Gareth Wilcox has been promoted to a Partner at Opus. Gareth has been with Opus since 2016, initially heading up the solvent restructuring
National restructuring and insolvency practice, Opus, appoints Allister Manson, a qualified insolvency practitioner and chartered accountant, to launch and head its dedicated technology division. Currently, the only technology specialist IP in the UK, Allister has 20 years insolvency and restructuring experience, supporting businesses from start-ups to established software, hardware and tech service providers. Prior to joining Opus, Allister was supporting
Travel industry – the financial challenges being faced Our Partner, Steve Parker speaks to Samantha Fenwick on the You and Yours Radio Show about the financial problems being faced by the travel industry – covering travel operators and travel agents. Research from Company Watch. Click here for the interview – from 2 minutes.
With all eyes still firmly fixed on the IR35 contents of the Budget (which post-April 2020 could cause more ContractorUK readers to have to read up on closing a company, here and here), it’s easy for contractors to miss another section of Red Book 2018 which could have a significant bearing on them, writes Gareth Wilcox, director at Opus Restructuring & Insolvency. Another reason it may
