Further Questions Raised about Redundancy in Insolvency Cases The Government is sticking stringently to its position that there is no conflict between insolvency law and employment law. However, as we reported just last... Read More
Removal of No-Win, No-Fee Funding for Creditors of an Insolvent Company The government’s decision to remove no-win, no-fee legal funding arrangements for creditors of an insolvent company is set to take £500m out of the hands... Read More
High Street Retailers Insolvency Risk Increased in 2016 Trade insurers have warned of an increased risk of retailers insolvency for high street retailers after a difficult run-up to Christmas and the continuing mild... Read More
New Consultants Dividends Tax Rules for Limited Companies Paying a dividend has always been one of the most tax efficient ways of taking money out of a limited company, but new dividend tax... Read More
Late Paying Invoices Continue to Cause Problems for UK SMEs Despite the economic recovery, which has seen compulsory liquidations hit their lowest levels since 1989, research from a leading alternative finance provider has found that... Read More
Insolvent Redundancy Consultation Lacks a ‘Workable Solution’ The government’s own call for evidence on consulting on insolvent redundancy cases has been criticised by the insolvency trade body R3. The organisation says the... Read More
Increase in the Number of insolvent ‘Zombie Businesses’ Back from the Dead Research carried out by BDRC Continental, an award-winning insight agency, has found that more and more ‘zombie businesses’ have turned their fortunes around and are... Read More
Director Disqualification Statistics and Changes to Conduct Reports Directors of limited companies, both executive and non-executive, have a fiduciary duty and a duty of care to the company and its stakeholders. Directors who... Read More
Restaurant and Care Home Company Insolvency Hits New Heights Corporate insolvency statistics for the third quarter (July to September) of 2015 make good reading for the vast majority of industry sectors, with the number... Read More
Government Announces the Final Stage of its Pre-Pack Reforms In the last week the final stage of the government’s pre-pack administration reforms has been announced, which includes the introduction of a pool of business... Read More
HMRC Tax Investigation Team Cases Remain Unresolved after Three Years HMRC has always been quick to call into question company tax returns it believes are either mistakenly or intentionally inaccurate, but it seems HMRC’s Tax... Read More
Common Causes of Insolvency in the Construction Industry Insolvency rates in the construction industry are disproportionately high when compared to those in the rest of the UK economy. But why is this industry... Read More
