Pity the retailer with no reason

by Katerina | Apr 28, 2026 | News

The final shuttering of Claire’s UK store estate this week was not a sudden collapse; it was the long-trailed end of a brand that had, quietly but decisively, drifted from relevance. After entering administration (again) in January, the chain has now closed all 154...

Tried and Tested: Recipes You’ll Love – Hungarian Goulash

by Katerina | Apr 28, 2026 | News

As we find ourselves preparing for the upcoming R3 Association of Business Recovery Professionals Annual Conference in Budapest next week, our kitchens at Buchler Phillips have – quite fittingly – taken a Hungarian turn! This month’s surprise recipe comes...

Record savings aren’t helping British business

by Katerina | Apr 22, 2026 | News

More money is sitting in British bank accounts than at any point in history. Household deposits crossed £2 trillion in 2024 and have continued to rise. Savings ratios are at their highest since 2015, excluding the pandemic spike. By almost every measure, the British...

SME bad debt rise kills confidence

by Katerina | Apr 14, 2026 | News

UK SMEs are battling a sharp rise in bad debts at a time when wider business confidence remains fragile. Cost pressures, particularly labour, weigh heavily on the outlook and two new surveys point to an increasingly cautious environment with cashflow risk spreading...

Letter from London: The pathway to digital assets – Cryptocurrency, Stablecoin and CBDCs

by Katerina | Apr 14, 2026 | News

As recently as the turn of the present century, over half of financial transactions in the UK were made in cash. Today the proliferation of credit cards, mobile banking as well as cryptocurrency and other innovative digital assets has reduced that to fewer than one in...