Don’t be fooled: football’s billions are among the hardest earned

by Katerina | May 26, 2022 | News

AN EXCITING and eventful end to the 2021/22 football season in the UK has been topped by yet another major club changing hands. The £4.25bn sale of Chelsea FC to a consortium led by Todd Boehly suggests that US investors think the Premier League is still undervalued...

May 2022 Newsletter: A nation of shopkeepers – looking to sell

by Katerina | May 12, 2022 | News

The fall into administration – and almost immediate rescue – of publicly listed convenience store chain McColl’s shows that even resilient sectors see major casualties. Many such stores have held on to a high proportion of the shoppers who turned to them in...

Boris Becker jailed: A Salutary Warning to Bankrupts

by Katerina | Apr 29, 2022 | News

Boris Becker’s two-and-a-half year custodial sentence after being found guilty earlier this month of four charges related to his 2017 bankruptcy is a shocking wake up call to all Bankrupts – whether they are High Net Worth Individuals or not when they find they...

STRICKEN SMEs IGNORE TECHNOLOGY AT THEIR PERIL

by Katerina | Apr 22, 2022 | News

UNDERSTANDABLY, many small businesses see technology as a necessary evil and a sunk cost. Pressures arising from the pandemic, compounded by Brexit and again by war in Ukraine, have done little to encourage SMEs to embrace new aspects of the digital world. Strapped...

Recovery Loan Scheme clock is ticking for SMEs

by Katerina | Apr 6, 2022 | News

Rising energy prices, broader inflation worries and an underwhelming Spring Statement from the Chancellor may have overshadowed a useful avenue for help that will be closed to SMEs in less than three months. The Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS), which ends on 30 June, may...