1/28/2021 6:07:11 PM Directors' FAQs - managing through the storm By Rosie Graham In spring/summer 2020, a number of provisions came into force to enable companies and their directors to run their businesses in...
8/13/2020 12:00:00 AM Directors' FAQs - preparing for the recovery By Rosie Graham QUESTION: WHAT HELP IS AVAILABLE TO SUSTAIN MY BUSINESS? Answer: The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has announced a package...
6/17/2020 3:02:39 PM Extended stay or early check-out? Hotel finance in lockdown and beyond By Anna Armstrong Covid-19 has had a great impact on all areas of our lives, however the hospitality, retail and leisure sector is arguably one of the most...
5/5/2020 12:00:00 AM Bouncing back to recovery - can debt for equity swaps help? By Rosie Graham Gillian White Writing in the Financial Times, Kate Burgess notes that whilst applying for the new bounceback loans is refreshingly simple compared to...
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...
3/27/2020 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 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...
3/23/2020 12:00:00 AM Data protection and Covid-19: the ICO publishes guidance By Howard Kennedy As all companies and data controllers should be aware, the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) have been in full force for nearly...
3/20/2020 12:00:00 AM Stop, Look, Listen By Vernon Dennis Advice to Directors and Business Owners Support for business, support for workers. In these strange and unsettling times the Government's...