Covid loan fraud bounces back on sole traders

Covid loan fraud bounces back on sole traders

by | Mar 12, 2024 | News

Almost four years after the government’s Bounce Back Loan (BBL) Scheme was rolled out to save small businesses at risk from pandemic lockdowns, closer scrutiny of businesses now unable to repay the loans is leading to action against  an increasing number of...
Letter from London – Budget Review

Letter from London – Budget Review

by | Mar 7, 2024 | News

Plenty of political hopes and fears have been invested in today’s Budget, which was probably the final set-piece financial event before this year’s UK General Election. From the Conservative perspective, after two relentlessly gloomy years of economic and...
Council crisis takes another lurch downwards

Council crisis takes another lurch downwards

by | Mar 5, 2024 | News

The financial crisis facing Britain’s councils is deepening. A new poll of local government leaders and managers claims to show, for the first time, the true extent of a structural funding issue that is leaving authorities close to bust. Only 4% of council leaders...
Wonderkid investigation rings alarm bells for directors

Wonderkid investigation rings alarm bells for directors

by | Feb 27, 2024 | News

Insolvency Service investigators aren’t only called in after the event. They can also examine complaints about alleged corporate abuse or fraud in live companies. As is so often the case, two issues always put directors’ behaviour under the microscope: not conducting...