The current economic landscape is presenting challenges for many businesses. Our restructuring and business advisory specialists have provided a list of ten top tips if your business is facing financial distress.

The current economic landscape is presenting challenges for many businesses. Our team at Shepherd and Wedderburn is here to help you navigate those challenges.

Adaptability and resilience have never been more important as many businesses are currently facing ongoing challenges, such as:

The powers available to HMRC to request information or documents from a third party (a Third Party Notice) where it is reasonably required by HMRC for checking the tax position of a taxpayer are generally well known. What is not so well known is the limited opportunities available to a third party who might wish to challenge the terms or scope of a Third Party Notice.

Administrators will note with concern the decision of the East London Employment Tribunal in Spencer v Lehman Brothers (in administration) and Others, which suggests that administrators can be held to be personally liable for the discrimination of employees of the business in administration.