After cancelling his much-expected autumn budget, Chancellor Rishi Sunak last week instead outlined the UK government’s plans to try and protect jobs with the threat of a second lockdown looming. Addressing MPs at the House [...]
The government’s decision to extend measures in the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act is a double edged sword which ultimately amounts to short-term sticking plaster, says insolvency specialist Steven Mason. The provisions were designed to [...]
Is insolvency all bad? As a participant at a recent online event, I was asked to link my business ‘offering’ to the fast-approaching festive season. Not an easy task when people usually consider the [...]
Yesterday the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak pumped another £30bn into the economy as his plans to tackle the immediate economic crisis now greatly exceed last year’s total health spending. In the summer statement [...]
At the end of March, the government announced a package of measures to protect the economy from complete collapse due to COVID-19. The Act has now received Royal Assent. The Act is very much designed [...]
In early May, the government launched the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS) to support SMEs struggling with cashflow as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The loan has a flat interest rate, no upfront fees [...]