Getting Back on Site – Challenges as Construction Gets Started After Covid-19 Shutdown By the end of April, 70% of sites operated by major contractors were open again and virtually all the major house builders were back in operation, driven by the severe financial implications of the lockdown. A survey in early May suggested that the industry had been losing
The legal pitfalls to be aware of Businesses fail for all sorts of reasons, some within the control of the entrepreneur behind them, others because of a variety of external factors. Most failures will end with at least some debts unpaid and with the company going into Liquidation, possibly after an attempt has been made first to rescue it through
As we all know, most early stage tech and other high growth businesses are often reliant on equity funding, typically from institutions (such as VCs), or family offices, high net worth investors and crowd-funding platforms. These rapidly-developing businesses are generally in a perpetual state of fund-raising, as they grow towards gaining sufficient traction in the market to make them profitable
International co-operation in the coronavirus crisis Globalisation has been with us for decades, bringing new and troubling dimensions to even relatively small insolvency cases and for the insolvency practitioners handling them. Suddenly, they were dealing with UK businesses with assets abroad and all manner of creditors and stakeholders in wild and wonderful places, all with no status or powers in
International Uncertainty for the UK’s Universities The UK’s higher education sector has long been a magnet for ambitious students from all over the world. A degree from a British university is career gold, reflecting our high educational standards. Our cherished freedom of expression is a significant factor for some overseas students. So successful have we been at attracting foreign students,
Landlords Grow Rich in their Sleep . . . So said the 19th century British philosopher, John Stuart Mill. You could add the thoughts of the American steel magnate and philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie: “Ninety percent of all millionaires become so through owning real estate.” Or do they? In the extraordinary circumstances created by Coronavirus, it looks increasingly like there are
