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. 

R3's Press, Policy and Public Affairs Team has had a busy October, with the Autumn Budget announcement, quarterly statistics, and a variety of policy debates, as well as continuing to give the profession a voice on key issues in the media...

A new policy announcement, a Budget submission, a roundtable event and an All-Party Parliamentary Group report on insolvency regulation – as well as continued increased media interest in the profession and its work – made September a busy month for R3’s Press, Policy and Public Affairs Team…

We chat to licensed IP and Mercury Corporate Recovery Solutions Managing Director Francesca Tackie about her career, her experience as an R3 member, and her work with the R3-Insolvency Service Diversity and Inclusion Steering Group... 

Keith Tully, Partner at Real Business Rescue, looks at the challenges faced by businesses as the UK continues to open up…

After a year like no other, and with considerable uncertainty remaining about what will happen in coming months, directors and business owners could be forgiven for being unsure about the best path forwards.

The Covid pandemic has altered much of the UK’s – and the world’s – business environment out of all previous recognition. But one pre-pandemic phenomenon, that of the so-called ‘zombie’ business, has been brought into sharp focus, amidst fears that the conditions created by the Government’s response to the economic crisis has greatly increased the number of them.

As the Recovery Loan Scheme Replaces BBLs, Keith Tully, Partner at Real Business Rescue, looks at the danger of debt loading…

Two key Bills are currently approaching the end of their legislative journey: the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill, and the Finance Bill.

This post looks at some of the economic damage that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused in the UK, following the news that monthly GDP for April 2020 was at a level last seen in the summer of 2002...