This year saw the Press, Policy and Public Affairs team continue our Back to Business UK campaign, publish research into the profession’s economic contribution, and continue to give the profession a voice in parliament and the media as the Covid pandemic continued and new legislation was proposed, debated and entered into law. 

This blog post sets out R3’s response to the APPG’s report and recommendations – including those that could help to make a positive difference to the current framework – while also highlighting some of the areas where we feel the report doesn’t get it right.

Ahead of a Government review of insolvency regulation, we look at the current framework; recent changes to how the profession is regulated; and how to make outcomes swifter, more consistent, and more transparent...

A list of links to information and resources for members of the insolvency and restructuring profession in response to the COVID-19/coronavirus outbreak...

This post sets out some of the issues R3 will be working on in 2020, on our members’ behalf, to ensure the market, legislative and regulatory environment for the insolvency and restructuring profession remains as positive as possible.

Over the last 12 months R3 has been working across a number of policy issues, ensuring that the consequences of what is being proposed are fully understood and considered, and that the voice of the insolvency and restructuring profession is heard.

Ahead of the upcoming General Election, R3 has set out what we believe should be the priorities vis-à-vis the UK’s personal and corporate insolvency and restructuring landscape for the party which wins on 12 December. 

In July, the Government published a call for evidence on insolvency practitioner regulation, which closed in early October. This article summarises the themes of R3’s response.