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,...
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...
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...
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...
17 May, 2023 Can we Triumph in Turmoil? By Maya Hettiaratchi The turbulence of today’s macroeconomic climate is ever present, with a spiralling cost of living crisis and continued inflationary...
27 Jan, 2023 UK construction firms are being squeezed by rising costs and fixed price contracts what steps can they take to mitigate the impact? By Justin Matthews In October we looked at inflation and how companies could mitigate its impact. The latest Office for National Statistics (“ONS”) data...
23 Jan, 2023 An industry at risk of collapse...and EDF being pretty unhelpful to SMEs. By Luke Wilson Despite there being some welcome positivity in the air in the last few weeks around the downward forecast of energy prices and the...
02 Sep, 2022 Are things about to get worse? By Simon Baggs Recent headlines make for grim reading for the UK economy with speculation about inflation of 18%, soaring energy and food prices,...
31 Aug, 2022 Everything comes in waves…but what to do when you're hit by one? By Luke Wilson Tony Wright In business, just like life, everything seems to come in waves… For example, Germany’s economy recently shrunk by the largest rate since...
13 Jun, 2022 Be Prepared. For What? By Daniel Conway In 1907, Robert Baden-Powell, an English soldier, devised the Scout motto: Be Prepared. Upon hearing the Scout motto, someone asked...
18 May, 2022 Buy now, pay later? By Daniel Conway I have to admit that I haven’t bought anything on what is the latest trend in short-term finance, Buy-Now-Pay-Later (“BNPL”), although I...
12 Apr, 2022 Making sure your wind-down plans fit your circumstances By Daniel Conway Celebrated WWII leader, General George Patton, once said “Do not try to make circumstances fit your plans. Make plans that fit the...
28 Mar, 2022 IFAs Caught Up in the British Steel Saga Need to Get On The Front Foot By Daniel Conway It’s an old adage that the best time to face up to a problem was yesterday, but the second-best time is now. And that’s a message that...
28 Oct, 2021 Who opened Pandora's box? By Lewis Sedge News of the Pandora papers document leak has brought renewed attention to accusations of corruption, fraud and suspected money laundering...