To get ahead of the anticipated rise in company collapses next year, the Insolvency Service has instructed insolvency practitioners to report all fraudulent coronavirus loan applications to them. This executive agency of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, has written to companies warning that “if it appears that a person has applied fraudulently” […]
Brexit trade deal negotiations continue as businesses warned to prepare for a ‘no deal’ scenario
Sunday’s deadline for reaching a post-Brexit trade deal between the UK and EU came and went as both sides committed to continue negotiating ahead of the end of the Brexit transition period at 11pm UK time on 31 December 2020. The decision to keep negotiations open appears to have been driven by progress on tariffs, […]