November 2023 Newsletter: One cheer for lower inflation

November 2023 Newsletter: One cheer for lower inflation

Two cheers would be a stretch, let alone three. Core inflation remains hard to shift, meaning UK interest rate cuts are some way off. The only surprise in October’s fall in the Consumer Prices Index was the size of the decline from 6.7% to 4.6%. It was always going to...
Insolvency storm is a long way from blowing over

Insolvency storm is a long way from blowing over

Soaring interest rates and stubborn inflation forced 2,315 businesses into insolvency in October 2023, up 18% on the same month last year and above pandemic levels. The vast majority (82%) were Creditors Voluntary Liquidations (CVLs) – directors throwing in the towel ...
Sanctions Expertise

Sanctions Expertise

Buchler Phillips is pleased to extend its core offering with a new, topical focus on sanctions expertise. Our appointment as Administrator to CargoLogicAir Limited, a highly profitable British business which suffered as an unintended consequence of sanctions against...
Get a Wiggle on to plan next debt funding move

Get a Wiggle on to plan next debt funding move

Sporty readers of a certain age will be familiar with a social stereotype of recent decades: the MAMIL – Middle Aged Man in Lycra. Often heading a queue of overtaking traffic at weekends, these cyclists clad in spray-on ‘technical’ apparel breathed new life into 21st...