Stricken truckers face new cost crisis

Stricken truckers face new cost crisis

The blockade in the Strait of Hormuz has grown into a major logistical and fuel crisis for the global supply chain. Closer to home, those in charge of the ‘final stretch’ are facing new pressures, just when things seemed to have stabilised. The UK haulage sector is...
NCP’s lessons for landlords and tenants

NCP’s lessons for landlords and tenants

The recent administration of National Car Parks (NCP) provides a stark reminder of how lease structures can move from a background consideration to the central cause of distress. Once seen as a resilient, cash-generative model, the 95-year-old NCP, which grew taking...
Cautious manufacturers stay in the game

Cautious manufacturers stay in the game

More than a century has passed since the UK was known as ‘the workshop of the world’. Manufacturing’s share of the economy is at best 10% today, half of what it was in 1990, as the nation relies on strength in services. Yet pockets of resilience remain among...