A job application written by the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs as a teenager has been sold for more than £200,000 by auctioneers Charterfields, instructed by Manchester-based corporate recovery firm Inquesta and Begbies Traynor of [...]

The pandemic has impacted on every aspect of life, from health and education to the economy and travel. It has also taken a heavy toll on relationships – both personal and business. With this in [...]

It is a sad reality that the financial pressures of modern living and modern business can mean that your economic circumstances can easily take a turn for the worse. What was once a manageable level [...]

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 [...]

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) had today reported that the UK economy shrank by 20.4% in April 2020, the largest-ever monthly contraction on record.   These figures are a cause for real concern [...]

On Friday 21 November 2019, Steven Wiseglass, Partner at Inquesta Ltd was appointed Supervisor of the Company Voluntary Arrangement of UK Building Products Ltd. The Gripit Plasterboard Fixing was invented by Jordan Daykin in [...]

The reasons for the collapse of Thomas Cook have become the subject of intense debate, with no shortage of explanations being given for its demise.  The figures owed to creditors are eye-watering, with the [...]

Leading UK business organisations have joined forces to warn that proposed changes to the status of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) in insolvency proceedings could have serious repercussions for the UK economy. In last [...]

There is little doubt that IR35 represents one of the most controversial and criticised pieces of tax legislation introduced by any government in recent times. As insolvency practitioners, we are asked with increasing regularity [...]