The recent news on Allied Carpets planning to shed jobs and shops across the country might be good news for major rivals like Carpetright, but it does...
View articleIt’s hard enough for small businesses at the present time to obtain credit from banks and trade suppliers. so, if you’re a small company o...
View articleThe Tory party, in the shape of Shadow Chancellor George Osborne, appears to be planning to make it tougher for companies engaged in borrowing large s...
View articleUnder pressure TV chef Gordon Ramsay has been revealing in the papers today why his company Gordon Ramsay Holdings was a bit reticent in filing financ...
View articleNumerous accountancy firms have been warning organisations to be on the look out for a rise in internal fraud, excessive expense claims etc as the rec...
View articleSince the last recession in the early 90’s, European and subsequent UK company legislation has succeeded in whittling away at the completeness a...
View articleThe government stats released today show company insolvencies up 56% on the 1st quarter of 2008- In the first quarter of this year, the insolvent comp...
View articleI read with interest in the FT on Saturday about a commercial credit agency in the UK that gave a profitable UK company a poor rating, due partly to t...
View articleIts comforting to see a string of better bank financial results in recent days. Citiigroup reported today their first quarterly profit in six quarters...
View articleThe stories relating to the withdrawal of credit insurance cover on well known organisations continue to roll in. The Sunday Telegraph ran a piece thi...
View articleRetailers and their suppliers are in for a poor week this week. On Thursday, many retailers will be receiving their quarterly rent bills, and some wil...
View articleI’m sure at some time in our lives, we’ve all been asked the question, ” if you were Prime Minister, what would you do?” The ...
View articleSome upbeat news from Barclays today about its strong start to the year, and shares on the London Stock Exchange move up nicely. Some say that until c...
View articleMy comments recently on proposed new EU law abolishing the obligation for businesses under 1 million euro turnover to file accounts at Companies House...
View articleThe European Parliament and Council of ministers are now considering whether to pass new EU law abolishing the need for businesses under 1 million eur...
View articleIn an effort to relieve micro businesses across Europe of administrative burden in these tough times, the EC plans to get rid of the need for business...
View articleThe president of the European Central Bank said today in a speech that he welcomed the EU legislation going through the motions at present to tighten ...
View articleOK, I’m a credit reference agency man, not an accountant, but something strikes me as wrong about the fact that on both sides of the Atlantic, l...
View articleI’m fortunate to have been in India on holiday for a few days. On the backwaters of Kerala in the far south, the natural beauty of the landscape...
View articleWe’re still hearing too much anecdotal evidence from around the country that finance from Banks is still too hard to get hold of- despite all th...
View articleGordon Brown has said on a number of occasions in the last few months that the UK was well prepared to cope with the recession. Today, when it finally...
View articleBDO Stoy Hayward’s 2008 Fraudtrack Survey published today shows that incidences of publically notified fraud cases rose in 2008 by 14%. The valu...
View articleA survey conducted by the Forum of Private Business recently amongst 6, 900 small businesses has revealed the harsh reality of life for those organisa...
View articleLast week, Lord Mandelson distanced the government from any introduction of a state guarantee to underpin vital credit insurance for UK supply chains....
View articleJust as the deputy Director General of the CBI, John Cridland, was urging the government to help ease the flow of credit from the banks, The Land of L...
View articleAmong the many things that can be foreseen about the economic climate in the UK next year, I predict a real upsurge in the use of pre pack administrat...
View articleWhat a turbulent year 2008 has proved to be……and 2009 might prove to be a worse one economically! Still, despite all the bad news, I’...
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