THESE are turbulent times for the airline industry – and regional airports such as Leeds-Bradford, Doncaster-Sheffield, Humberside and Newcastle must now be looking to the heavens for some good news. The uncertainty over Brexit has left many summer holiday plans on hold, at a time when bookings are traditionally at […]
But as we celebrate the last Valentine’s Day before Brexit, there are grounds for optimism in the UK floral industry about its long-term business future. Will the UK market still be smelling of roses after the planned March 29 date for leaving the EU? Or will Cupid’s dart puncture the […]
THE perilous state of business and household finances has been underlined by the Government’s latest annual insolvency figures. The Insolvency Service revealed that the number of business insolvencies across England and Wales in 2018 was at the highest level for five years. Sector-by-sector, the construction industry – still reeling from […]
There is a wind of change blowing up and down our High Street – here in Yorkshire and across the UK. It’s not just the mounting financial pressures facing shops, cafes, restaurants and hotels – borne out by figures that reveal a huge rise in the number of struggling businesses […]
1 Do not ignore it – you need to act now, ignoring or putting off dealing with it will only make the matter worse. 2 Take an honest view of your current and future financial situation. Could you pay the debt off over a period of time? Or is it […]
Is the High Street in Yorkshire and the rest of the UK in danger of being all dressed up – but with nowhere to go? As the Yorkshire media spotlight turns to more insolvency fears in the beleaguered retail sector, that’s the question being posed by analysts. Mounting concerns over […]
As discussed in two recent Walsh Taylor articles (which can be found here and here), the UK retail sector has taken a substantial hit over the course of 2018. In Q2, the number of FTSE-listed businesses issuing profit warnings increased dramatically, and this was shortly followed by the news that […]
The UK’s North-South economic divide is well documented. In recent years, thanks to the so-called Northern Powerhouse government spending has been roughly evenly split between the both the North and South of the UK. Although there are more businesses set up in the south of the country, insolvency rates are […]
With climate change currently being a well-publicised topic in the media at the moment, flooding is increasingly becoming a worry here in the UK. As well as the obvious impacts of this on peoples’ personal lives, business owners should rightfully be aware of the potential dangers to their companies. Damage […]
Aiming to help decrease pollution, Leeds City Council proposed its Clean Air Zone (CAZ) scheme to the government last month. In this they outlined their idea to charge the ‘worst polluting’ buses, coaches and HGVs £50 per day, with £40 million being needed to actually deliver the plans. Despite the […]
