28 Nov, 2024 Motor Finance (Part II) – What’s the impact on consumers? By Daniel Conway In my previous piece, I explored the uncertainty facing the motor finance industry, particularly the impact on regulated firms – lenders,...
25 Nov, 2024 Motor Finance – preparing for uncertainty By Daniel Conway Much has been written in recent weeks about the motor finance industry. The resounding theme that I’ve taken away from reading insight...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
29 Apr, 2024 Resilience to recovery: The future of UK construction By Justin Matthews Construction is a vital sector to sustain the UK’s economic growth. As of the fourth quarter of 2023, there were approximately 2.12...
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....
13 Oct, 2023 Financial Difficulties in the Renewable Energy Sector By Simon Baggs While the global consensus on the importance of transitioning to renewable energy sources grows, financial hurdles remain a significant...
29 Sep, 2023 It might be an uphill battle...but its progress. By Luke Wilson From my experience every battle in business or life always has two sides, the one which is glaringly obvious, the fight itself - the...
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...
18 Jul, 2023 A fork in the road: The future of UK fintech By Daniel Conway Whilst AI is leading the agenda when it comes to the future of technology, fintech still remains the ace in the pack for investors. In...
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...