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Opus comments in the Independent on the challenges facing retailers from introducing the Living Wage. Firms will only have to pay the “national living wage” to staff aged 25 or over when it starts in April. Under half of top retailers have so far promised to pay all staff the same rate for the same work, regardless of age. Simon Neville

Opus describes the threats facing the UK residential care market in a review by the Sunday Express. Research shows that out of the UK’s 5,500 care home operators, as many as 1,650 companies are struggling financially, of those up to a quarter, which account for 1,500 sites, to fall into insolvency over the next three years. Click here to read the full story

Opus looks at how the WHO report on processed foods will affect key sectors, particularly agriculture and food processing in an article in City AM: It’s official – eating processed meat is a major cause of cancer, and it could spell trouble ahead for Britain’s farming industry …. Click here to read full article

Opus comments in Contractor UK on a landmark court ruling on wrongful trading risks for directors of insolvent companies. The dangers for a contractor who’s operating from inside the apparent protection of a limited company if the worst happens and they’re accused of wrongful trading have been clearly flagged up already ….. Click here to read the full article

Opus comments for PrintWeek on the increasing use of factoring or invoice discounting to free up cash flow tied up in debtors to boost working capital resources. “We would never have considered it 10 years ago, or even five years ago.” This single sentence from Linney Group managing director Miles Linney sums up just how much things have changed in