Oct 02, 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...
Sep 12, 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...
Aug 13, 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...
May 08, 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...
Apr 29, 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...
Jan 16, 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....
Oct 13, 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...
Sep 29, 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...
Aug 08, 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...
Jul 18, 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...
Jun 27, 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...
May 17, 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...
Mar 08, 2023 Its not a problem, until its a problem By Luke Wilson In a week where there are rumblings that the economic outlook is not being quite as bleak as economists thought; largely due to a milder...
Feb 28, 2023 Construction in the North East: steps for firms to build resilience By Allan Kelly Last year saw the construction industry face significant challenges, insolvency levels were up with over 5,000 company failures and...
Jan 27, 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...
Jan 23, 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...