Pessimism surrounds family finances. James Salmon, Director, 23/5/2019. Updated 07/06/2019 Pessimism surrounds family finances. See our earlier post – Three in ten British adults’ personal finances go into the red An IHS Markit survey shows that although unemployment is at

Paying late is “crack cocaine” to big business. 10th May 2019. Duncan Swift has been appointed as the  new president of R3,  the trade association for the UK’s insolvency and restructuring professionals and has said that large businesses are treating

Bank lending to SMEs on decline. 09/05/2019. Research published by Oxford Economics indicates that lending by banks to small businesses has fallen by 3% since 2015, despite credit provision to large companies having increased by 43%. According to the study

Credit card defaults jump. 23rd April 2019. Figures from the Bank of England show the number of people defaulting on their credit card debts rose sharply in the first three months of the year. The Bank’s survey of major lenders

County Court Judgments rose 27% James Salmon, Operations Director, 19/02/19. Figures show that county court judgments rose against companies rose 27% in 2018, hitting 93,534! Those poor stressed and overworked lawyers! County court judgments (CCJs) are a court order taken