Opus Restructuring and Insolvency has been appointed to complete the pre-pack administration and sale of Toye, Kenning & Spencer Limited, a 341-year-old family-owned business and holder of a
By any judgment, 2025 was not a stellar year for the UK economy, with sluggish growth and sticky inflation as the core problems. This was set against a
The UK’s pubs, bars and restaurants have three main costs: energy, labour and business rates. All three of these have risen sharply in the last four years and
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
At last, after months of anticipation and uncertainty, the waiting was finally over this week and the Chancellor (with some unwelcome advance assistance from the OBR) announced her
The poet William Blake commented in the early 19th century that a pub had much in common with a church, except it was warmer and there was more
