Opus Business Advisory Group is pleased to announce it has become an ABTA Partner with ABTA travel association. ABTA has been a trusted travel brand for 70 years, offering advice and guidance to the travelling public, as well as leading the travel industry in supporting high service standards and promoting responsible tourism at home and abroad. The travel industry has arguably been the
The concept of limited liability is not new. English law granted this status to monastic communities and trade guilds as early as the 15th century and the protection was extended more generally by the Limited Liability Act of 1855, despite fears expressed at the time that it would lower standards of commercial behaviour. Over the past hundred years, the idea
As the biggest mass vaccination program in history reaches the milestone of 43 million people in the UK having received at least one dose, the travel industry can dare hope that a sort of new normal may return before the end of the summer. The Government’s employment lifeline furlough scheme is due to end at the end of September with
Managing growth when coming out of economic downturn Growth kills more companies as they emerge from an economic downturn than the recession itself. More precisely, headlong expansion with depleted working capital is what does for them. After the slump, the losses and the gloom of it all, what entrepreneur would turn away that heady surge in sales? The answer is
The pandemic pivot game – to stick or twist with your new business model Coronavirus has not just changed the way we live our lives, it has revolutionised how we do business. Some of this commercial adaptation is permanent, while other revisions may only be temporary. Some will only work in the short term, others may have much longer term
The insolvency reality during the crisis There is a common view that insolvency practitioners must have been rushed off their feet during the crisis, as businesses across the economy have been savaged by lockdowns and restrictions. The reality could not be more different. Government support measures have not just kept viable enterprises afloat, but they have also suppressed business failures
