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...

Stricken truckers face new cost crisis

by Katerina | Apr 9, 2026 | News

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

by Katerina | Mar 31, 2026 | News

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...

Tried & Tested: Recipes You’ll Love – An Easter Surprise: Asparagus, Goat’s Cheese & Spring Greens Galette

by Katerina | Mar 30, 2026 | News

This month, we’re arriving a little later than planned — but with good reason. With Easter just around the corner, we decided to hold back and share something inspired not by tradition, but by the season itself. As winter gives way to spring, the shift is...