The current economic environment is increasing pressure across industries and involving all players in the value chain from primary producers to retailers and the many potential intermediaries.

With financial markets in turmoil, the M&A market may appear to be in dire straits.

The current economic downturn is having two major and contradictory impacts on the consumer packaged goods supply chain.

One of the recognised, but limited, exceptions to the obligations of an Issuing Bank or a Confirming Bank to make payments under an irrevocable letter of credit is where the bank is aware that the beneficiary of the credit is acting fraudulently in presenting documents under it.

Effective cash flow management is more important than ever. Pambos Patsalides gives a guide to getting it right.

Poor cash flow is often cited as the primary reason for businesses failing. You can protect your business by having systems in place that make collecting unpaid invoices as hassle free as possible.

With the current financial worries around the cost of living crisis people are looking at their finances and credit control ever more carefully.

DMH Stallard has today published a research report highlighting the practical steps that businesses can take to ensure a healthy balance sheet.

In the present economic environment all businesses are looking long and hard at market and business operations and considering how they are going to maintain, let alone increase, turnover and profitability.

As airlines struggle with their revenues and cashflows as a result of the travel slump brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, Director, Conor Blake examines the impact on aircraft leasing activity...

Creditsafe, a business information provider, has released a new survey that shows that companies in the UK are stepping up their efforts to tackle bad debts.

For accounts payable (AP) providers and platforms, delivering a seamless customer experience is crucial. Yet, a significant pain point for many users is the lack of payment visibility. When customers don’t have clear insights into their payment statuses, it can negatively impact cash flow management, budgeting, and reconciliation. Addressing this issue isn’t just a matter of convenience – it’s essential for fostering trust and loyalty.

With a new year just around the corner it's time to turn our attention to budgets and forecasts for the year ahead.

On 26 May, the Court of Appeal in <I>National Westminster Bank v Spectrum Plus Limited overturned a 2001 Privy Council ruling in the Brumark Investments case, thereby giving banks increased access to the book debts of insolvent companies. Book debts are the sums shown in the company's books as being due to the company, for example, from customers.

In the first half of 2007, we were on the up, up, up - collectively oblivious to the unsustainable proliferation of credit and the impending economic realities.

Policy change has emerged as the biggest concern for UK chief financial officers, ahead of economic uncertainty, according to the Deloitte UK CFO Survey for Q2 2014.

In the current climate stories are emerging daily of situations where suppliers can no longer obtain credit insurance in respect of particular customers.

Optimising the supply chain is one of today’s hot topics. Supply chain inefficiency is a key cause of unnecessary costs and poor delivery performance. There is no doubt, however, that far-reaching, end-to-end projects demand a complex blend of process, IT and financial skills and involve people at virtually every level. Consequently, they can take several years and create a large amount of upheaval, even though the outcome is often highly successful.

The corporate insolvency provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002 came into force in September 2003 and the personal insolvency provisions in April 2004. The emphasis, of course, was to encourage the entrepreneur through a number of measures including a reduction in the period of bankruptcy and the introduction of a fast and streamlined administration process to rescue struggling businesses.

The Government's Covid support schemes were enormously successful with 1.67m businesses borrowing more than £80 billion through the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS)...