The Effect of a Weaker Chinese Economy on the UK
Beijing is reaching the end of a credit cycle. It had previously managed to inflate domestic growth rate, during the global financial crisis, by forcing banks to expend huge amounts…
Corporate Insolvencies Fall…But the Future is Uncertain for Zombie Companies
The Insolvency Service has recently released its latest figures showing that the number of companies entering into formal insolvency during the quarter ending June 2015 has fallen by 2.9% on…
A rise in interest rates?
Borrowers are being warned to prepare now for a rise in interest rates, with a reported million homeowners never having experienced a Bank rate increase. With news that an upward…
A ‘common sense victory for creditors’
The ruling in the recent Coventry v Lawrence case meaning that original cost agreements in ongoing cases undertaken under pre-Jackson conditional fee agreements (CFAs) or after-the-event (ATE) insurance arrangements will…