Providing more than nine million jobs throughout the UK and accounting for a quarter of GDP, family businesses underpin Britain's economy. A well run family business can be one of the most productive and effective business structures; with the owners and managers receiving unequivocal...
Whether there is a need to streamline the workforce prior to the sale of a business, or matters relating to TUPE regulations (Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006, there are usually employment issues arising from the sale of a business. Changes to staff...
R3, the Association of Business Recovery Professionals, has recently announced that they have seen an increase in corporate insolvencies and liquidations of 0.2% on the previous quarter and 4.3% on the same period last year. Lee Manning, the president of R3, commented "this may seem like bad news...
Just over a year has passed since Lord Davies published his report which included a series of recommendations aimed at increasing the number of female directors in UK public companies. A recent study undertaken by Cranfield University indicates that since Lord Davies' report was published in...
Reforms to pre-packaged sales in insolvency (often referred to as pre-packs) have been put on hold, it was announced yesterday. In a written ministerial statement, delivered on 26th January , Ed Davey, the minister for the department for business innovation and skills, announced that planned...