Landlords call time on rental party

Landlords call time on rental party

by | Aug 15, 2023 | News

The Bank of Mum and Dad, one of the fastest growing financial institutions of recent years, has expanded into interim accommodation services – AKA live rent-free at home indefinitely. The dramatic rise in young people returning to their pre-university bedrooms, even...
Who advises the advisers?

Who advises the advisers?

by | Aug 9, 2023 | News

Office life in city centres is likely to be quieter in August,  even in those firms where staff don’t come in every day. But while many left town for good after Covid, surprised by how easy it had been to operate remotely, those based on daily relationships and...
Zombie Apocalypse

Zombie Apocalypse

by | Aug 1, 2023 | News

The day of reckoning looms for The Walking Dead. In December 2021 our newsletter highlighted the huge rise in ‘zombie companies’, businesses that had been artificially propped up by Covid loans and relatively low interest rates on their core borrowings. Many of these...
Fail to address high fixed costs and suffer at leisure

Fail to address high fixed costs and suffer at leisure

by | Jul 18, 2023 | News

Recent days have seen the fall into administration of a Cornwall theme park, a Hampshire golf club and an independent cinema chain. They are the tip of the iceberg of UK leisure businesses, none particularly well known, facing an existential squeeze in revenue from...