What is the Government’s Covid-19 Recovery Loan Scheme?
The new Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS) was launched on 6 April 2021 to provide financial support to businesses across the UK as COVID restrictions are lifted and companies once more begin opening their doors to customers and looking to recover and grow following the coronavirus pandemic.Early year collapse in the UK’s trading volumes with the EU is not a harbinger of things to come
UK goods trading with the EU fell substantially in January. UK goods exports and imports to the EU plunged by £5.6bn (41%) and £6.6bn (29%) respectively, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), in the most precipitous monthly decline since records began in 1997.New Guernsey Office for BTG Global Advisory
BTG Global Advisory founding member, Begbies Traynor Group plc has today completed the acquisition of David Rubin & Partners Limited. This represents the largest acquisition the Group has undertak
Head Of Begbies Traynor Group Cyprus Office Is Granted Cypriot Insolvency Practitioner Licence
Darren Reeds, head of Begbies Traynor Group’s office in Cyprus has been awarded a Cypriot Insolvency Practitioner Licence. The licence was granted by the Cyprus regulatory body, The Cypriot InsolvenSunak’s ‘spend big now, tax big later’ Budget
More than 20 million people around the UK have now received a first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, marking the fourth-highest vaccination rate worldwide. The UK government aims to extend coverage to everyone over 50 or at risk by 15 April and all adults by 31 July. It paves the way for Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s new four-step “roadmap” to ease England’s lockdown.Chancellor discontinues flagship Bounce Back Loan Scheme amid flurry of new fiscal measures
Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the dissolution of the UK government’s highly popular Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS) in his Budget this lunchtime, which included £65 billion in new fiscal measures to support the UK’s economic recovery from the pandemic.Defeating zombification of the UK economy is an urgent challenge
The origin causes of ‘zombie’ firms will maintain pressure on banks, and the government, to exercise a greater fiduciary duty in managing distressed SMEs and corporates. This will skew banks’ preferred strategy towards corporate turnarounds, rather than insolvencies, in the management of defaulted loans.VAT Reverse Charge: Assessing the impact on cash flow
Having already been delayed twice, the VAT reverse charge will finally come into force for those within the building and construction sector on 1 March 2021. This will see the way in which some companies operating within the industry change the way they handle, invoice and pay VAT.A different kind of NPL wave is on the way
The UK Government and Bank of England’s (BoE) extraordinary monetary and fiscal support averted a full-blown UK corporate insolvency crisis last year. But a new wave of non-performing loans (NPLs) is merely delayed.Begbies Traynor and Rodgers Reidy Collaborate over Tucan Travel Administration
Specialist tour operator and travel agency Tucan Limited has ceased trading with the immediate loss of nine jobs. The company filed a notice of intention to appoint Gareth Prince, Mark Malone and Joanne Hammond of insolvency specialists, Begbies Traynor as administrators on 2 February 2021 after falling into unprecedented financial difficulties as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. It is anticipated that the company will formally enter into administration on or before 16 February 2021.630,000 UK businesses now in significant financial distress as new lockdown comes into effect
The latest Red Flag Alert research for Q4 2020 has recorded 630,000 businesses in ‘significant distress1’ after the largest numerical quarterly leap (73,000) in financially distressed companies since Q2 2017. This 13% increase (from 557,000 in Q3 2020) comes as the UK is plunged into another nationwide lockdown.Brexit deal offers businesses new freedoms and red tape
An hour before New Year’s Day, at 11pm on 31 December 2020, the UK completed its formal departure from the European Union (EU). It was an unceremonious conclusion to the four-and-a-half-year saga since the referendum. Nevertheless, a new era has now begun – with new freedoms and new bureaucracies. On Christmas Eve, the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) was agreed. Together with 2019’s Withdrawal Agreement, these two treaties now govern the UK’s future trading relationship with its largest, and nearest, neighbour – worth around £670bn in 2019.BTG Global Advisory Announces Offshore Expansion
BTG Global Advisory (BTG GA) member, Begbies Traynor Group plc, today announces that it has completed the acquisition of CVR Global LLP (“CVR”). CVR is a leading independent firm of insolvency praCovid debt mountain looms when pandemic finally brought to heel
The latest UK national lockdown represents a new kind of challenge for the Government: to articulate to Covid-weary households and businesses that things will soon get better, but first they will worsen. An ambitious national vaccination campaign is underway, raising hopes that the end of the pandemic is in sight. However, at the same time we are in the grip of the virus with rates of infection soaring, exacerbated by a virulent new strain. The latest lockdown aims to protect the NHS and save lives, but it will also increase business failures. Indeed, once Covid-19 is finally brought to heel, the next challenge will be the Covid corporate debt mountain, amassed by companies forced to accept additional leverage through government loan schemes to bolster their survival prospects.Find the right professional using the below dropdowns. Our reach covers the globe with a network of over 300 offices.
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