18 Nov, 2024 We Reap What We Sow By Luke Wilson There are always triumphs and setbacks in life and business, but will the post-budget world amount to anything more than the cyclical,...
22 Oct, 2024 Working up a storm - the FRP Question Time pre-budget review By Luke Wilson With a select group of business leaders eagerly awaiting the outcome of Ms Reeves Budget, there was an inquisitive air and a lot of...
17 Oct, 2024 Stuck between a rock and a hard place: Rising wages and narrowing margins – what’s next for SMEs? By Luke Wilson Last week, The Times published an article citing a study of 90,000 UK SMEs, showing an average wage increase of 8.2% in the year to...
07 Oct, 2024 Walking through Black history: the untold stories By Jenna Gadhavi Last week a group of us at FRP along with some of our clients, had the privilege of joining a walking tour by Black History Walks through...
02 Oct, 2024 “Pharmacies closing, rising costs, shortages putting lives at risk…” By Ian Corfield Justin Matthews It will have been worrying to the consumer to see such headlines, yet from our recent experience these are real issues that the retail...
30 Sep, 2024 Are we swapping gas dependence for battery dependence? By Simon Baggs As many will know the key problem with renewable energy is its intermittency. When the sun doesn’t shine, and the wind doesn’t blow, then...
30 Sep, 2024 Who benefits most from CSR? A reflection on our journey By Aisling Ridge A while back, a wise colleague posed an intriguing question: "Who gains the most from CSR - the charity or the business?" It was a good...
12 Sep, 2024 The lighthouse to avoid the rocks... A look ahead By Luke Wilson As ever, ‘back to school’ and the shift into Autumn provides an opportunity to reflect on the state of play in the UK economy. For the...
13 Aug, 2024 Building Futures: What’s next for UK infrastructure? By Simon Baggs Olivia Perkins, Morgan Sindall Infrastructure’s Managing Director, sits down with our Restructuring Advisory Director, Simon Baggs, to...
10 Jun, 2024 Navigating the growing demand of the UK Data Centre Industry By Anthony Demetriades The UK's data centre industry is experiencing robust growth fuelled by the surge in digital technologies and the impact of landmark...
08 May, 2024 Exploring Energy from Waste (EfW) Facilities: Benefits, Challenges and Financial Distress By Simon Baggs I have dealt with the insolvencies of Biomass/EfW facilities and I find that although technologically impressive they are fraught with a...
04 Apr, 2024 Driving the change we want to see: 6 takeaways from our EDI round table By Clare Quinn-Waters Although we are relatively early in our EDI journey at FRP we are committed to creating an equitable and inclusive working environment...
29 Feb, 2024 Shifting your mindset: Top 5 takeaways from Mind.Set, episode one. By Luke Wilson Hosting FRP’s brand new podcast, Mind.Set has allowed me to immerse myself in the journeys of guests from all walks of life. With each...
16 Jan, 2024 From boom to bust? By Patrick Donnan A very interesting article in the FT today with some useful analysis in respect of the online vs. high street debate in the retail space....
08 Aug, 2023 Building for growth, whilst on the precipice of collapse - the Marshalls case. By Luke Wilson Sustained high levels of inflation, increasing interest rates and weak consumer confidence makes for a difficult landscape to navigate...
27 Jun, 2023 They call it retail therapy - but at what cost? By Luke Wilson When feeling a little lost, stressed or fearful about life its fairly natural to gravitate towards things that give us a sense of ease...