3/31/2020 11:40:13 AM COVID-19 – a material change? By Howard Kennedy Several Australian companies have been pulling out of, or postponing, takeover deals due to the devastating economic impact of the...
3/31/2020 12:00:00 AM Reading Between the Lines - Insolvency Law Suspended - Part 2 By Vernon Dennis Much of the focus on Alok Sharma's, the UK business secretary's, press conference on Saturday 28 March has been on the headline grabbing...
3/30/2020 10:41:17 AM Artificial Intelligence (AI) & COVID-19: Key Takeaways By Howard Kennedy Introduction Commenting on the breakthrough in machine learning displayed by his company’s self-taught AlphaGo Zero program in 2017,...
3/27/2020 10:48:15 AM Coronavirus - grants for the self-employed By Howard Kennedy Following the announcement of the job protection scheme for employees who have been released from work as a result of the coronavirus,...
3/27/2020 12:00:00 AM Directors' duties amid the coronavirus crisis - what steps should directors be taking now? By Rosie Graham What are my duties as a director, and do these duties change in a time of economic crisis? Company directors are subject to a wide range...
3/27/2020 12:00:00 AM No love in the time of Coronavirus, a fraud, bribery and corruption epidemic? By Ian Ryan In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, a more familiar disease permeates our society – that of bribery and corruption. Regrettably, such...
3/27/2020 12:00:00 AM COVID-19 & Our use of data: Top five things you need to know By Howard Kennedy As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to tear across the globe, we have all become more reliant on the services of the "technology industry"...
3/27/2020 12:00:00 AM Coronavirus, IR35 and Personal Service Companies By Howard Kennedy The Government has now announced details of the support they will give to employees and the self-employed adversely affected by the...
3/27/2020 12:00:00 AM Coronavirus - when should directors consider delaying or cancelling dividends? By Rosie Graham The last few days have seen a wave of dividend suspensions, as well as cancellations of share buybacks, as companies urgently reassess...
3/26/2020 12:00:00 AM Insolvency Laws To Be Suspended? By Vernon Dennis Advice to Directors and Business Owners The suspension of normal everyday life is having huge social and economic consequences. As...
3/25/2020 12:00:00 AM Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Companies can get an extra three months to submit accounts to Companies House By Rosie Graham Companies House has announced that from 25 March 2020, companies can apply for a three-month extension for filing their accounts. Those...
3/24/2020 12:00:00 AM Kicking The Can Along the Road...Could The Company Voluntary Arrangement Be The Eventual Answer? By Vernon Dennis Advice to Directors and Business Owners The entirely justifiable response to the health crisis will mean that yet further economic...