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The number of hospitality businesses entering insolvency eased slightly in Q3 2024, yet remained historically high, reflecting challenging trading conditions for the industry. Some 2,657 accommodation and food service companies, including hotels, restaurants and pubs,...

Buchler Phillips is delighted that Oliver Southwell is returning to the firm to bolster the Turnaround Team. Oliver commenced his career at Buchler Phillips in the Restructuring Team prior to joining Kroll Advisory in 2022. During this period, Oliver undertook a...

As part of our newly launched recipe series, we are excited to share with you our November surprise recipe of the Classic Christmas Cake, one that Jo Milner, our Managing Director at Buchler Phillips, has a special fondness for and returns to every November! As the...

Lower interest rates and a recent easing of inflation may suggest light at the end of what’s been a very long, dark tunnel for Britain’s Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), but late payments remain a major killer in the bedrock of our economy. Research by the Smart...

Shares in two of Britain’s biggest manufacturers soared on news of a Trump victory in the US, but the picture belies deeper problems for factories and engineering based businesses on this side of the pond. BAe Systems and Rolls-Royce, both acclaimed FTSE100 engineers...

Ever since the Labour Party conference in late September there had been ominous rumblings that anything up to an additional £50 billion might be made available annually for infrastructure expenditure by the alchemy of 'freeing up the rules on Treasury borrowing'....

Sanctions against dodgy directors have been stepped up considerably this year: long disqualifications are now for the lucky ones, as prison becomes an increasingly favoured option for the Insolvency Service. This month, a former sole director of a ‘non-specialised...

Selling cars has never before seemed such a risky and complex business to be in, judging by recent failures large and small. Completely Motoring, with 165 staff across its 14 showrooms in 11 locations, is the latest group to enter administration and the list of...

The Jeremiahs who were quick to spot financial doom for the local authority and university sectors are already betting on the bloated football industry to deliver a string of administrations. This month alone has seen two major Scottish clubs, Rangers and Caley...

Sometimes, the simplest things have the most profound impact on our lives. For Runita Kholia, one of our senior analysts at Buchler Phillips, who swears by her morning routine, Overnight Oats is more than just a quick, easy breakfast; it’s a ritual, a moment of calm...

When leisure retailer and (at the time) brewer Whitbread brought TGI Fridays to the UK in the mid-1980s, hospitality was beginning an upheaval which has continued to this day – although possibly not for the same reasons expected by the FTSE100 giant. The key word here...

The fall into administration of UK contracting group ISG bodes ill for the world of large-scale construction and raises questions about how the industry’s present business model can be sustained. The largest UK contractor to collapse since Carillion entered...