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.

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…

Companies House, the central register of company information in the UK, is a crucial component of the UK’s corporate governance framework, but doesn’t yet have formal investigatory powers to verify the accuracy of information that companies send to it.

February may be the shortest month of the year, but that does not make it the quietest. With work on R3’s response to the Government’s insolvency regulation consultation, a new paper to help tackle misconceptions around insolvency fees and continued engagement with parliamentarians on the importance of Companies House reform, R3’s Press, Policy and Public Affairs team has been working hard to make sure the voice of the profession is heard on key issues.

On 21 December 2021, the Government published ‘The Future of Insolvency Regulation’, a consultation setting out new proposals to “strengthen, reform and simplify” insolvency regulation. The proposed changes in the consultation document amount to an overhaul of insolvency regulation and will have a significant impact on the insolvency profession and how it works.

Here's everything you need to know about the proposed regulation changes...

R3's parliamentary engagement led to the profession's views being raised over 20 times during debates in both the House of Commons and House of Lords, with the key mentions included in the video within this post. 

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. 

With the days getting shorter, temperatures dropping and Christmas fast approaching, the busy winter season is upon us and this November has been no exception for R3’s Press, Policy and Public Affairs team…

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...