20 Mar, 2024 Positive news for Prezzo By Samantha Uzzell A corporate “restructuring” really can be good for business: since Prezzo’s Part 26A restructuring plan was sanctioned by the court on 5...
11 Jan, 2024 The cheque's in the post By Beverley Whittaker The government has recently published an explanatory memorandum on its proposed Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance...
04 Jan, 2024 Shock horror! - West Ham access 'payday loan' to accelerate receipt of Declan Rice transfer fee By Matthew Padian The return to the day job at the start of any new year is not without its challenges. I've been suffering from a post-Christmas slumber...
19 Dec, 2023 Global gloom: insolvencies on the rise By Joanna Charter We wrote earlier this year about the rise in insolvencies in the UK at the end of the summer, as persistent inflation, the pain of...
11 Dec, 2023 Personal guarantees in the spotlight as FCA asked to investigate lending practices By Helen Martin The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has issued a “super-complaint” to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regarding the practice...
07 Dec, 2023 Green hydrogen developments By Samantha Uzzell It is good news that hydrogen facilities have opened this year in the UK, and they are testament to increased institutional funding in...
02 Oct, 2023 Final countdown on the application of financial promotions regime to marketing cryptoassets By Charles Maurice We are now in the final week before the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion (Amendment) Order 2023 comes into...
03 Aug, 2023 Insurance resolution regime will give Bank of England new powers to manage the failure of large insurers By Helen Martin Following a consultation earlier this year, the government has announced plans to introduce an insurance resolution regime which will...
26 Jul, 2023 You can’t live without a bank account By Duncan McGowan Within Nigel Farage’s interview on Radio 4 was a comment about the broader issue of AML legislation impacting small businesses, with...
21 Jul, 2023 Bounce back loans? Beware! 50% of director disqualifications attributed to bounce back loan fraud By Lucy Trott The fallout from the bounce back loan (BBL) scandal continues, as the Guardian reports that more than half of all director...
09 Jun, 2023 Another day, another amend and extend - who needs insolvency lawyers when the debts just keep getting rolled? By Matthew Padian Friday's Business section of The Times made interesting reading to us debt finance nerds. We had more news around the continuing saga...
04 May, 2023 Banks complicit in bounce back loan fraud? By Lucy Trott The furore around the government’s pandemic support loan schemes has been well documented since their demise. We have previously written...