Every month R3 provides commentary on the Insolvency Service’s corporate and personal statistics, but what are the current trends in corporate insolvencies, how do they compare to pre-pandemic levels, and how have different industries across England and Wales been affected so far in 2022?

With parliament entering its summer recess last week and a new government due in September, the public affairs agenda continued to be full for R3 in as we reached the peak of the summer...

Jonathan Draper and Morgan Bowen outline their session of R3’s new Restructuring Boot camp, which covers directors’ duties in restructuring…

In May more than 300 members of the insolvency and restructuring profession descended on the Beaumont Estate in Windsor for R3’s first face-to-face Annual Conference since 2019.

A new piece of legislation on fraud and economic crime, parliamentarian briefings, the return of R3’s Annual Conference and continued media interest in the profession are just some of the things that have kept R3’s Press, Policy and Public Affairs Team busy this May …

In late December 2021, the Government issued a consultation into insolvency reforms. In this blog, we summarise the 26-page consultation response we submitted in response, highlighting our main questions and concerns.

Spring has brought a wave of new beginnings for R3, with a new President in office and planning for our first in-person Annual Conference in three years in full swing.

We review two keynote speaker sessions from R3's Fraud Conference 2022; Dame Vera Baird DBE QC, who talked about victims of fraud, and Dame Margaret Hodge, whose session covered business fraud…

To help tackle the most common misconceptions about insolvency fees, R3’s Press, Policy and Public Affairs team has published new research which aims to address how the fees are broken down, the typical costs involved in an insolvency procedure, and how the costs reported in an insolvency case often bear little resemblance to the amount insolvency practitioners (IPs) are actually paid for the work they undertake in these cases.