Griffin & King

Small businesses are experiencing significantly higher levels of distress compared to larger businesses according to R3’s latest business distress index.

Happy New Year! A survey carried out by Markit last month showed that 43% of households expect their finances to worsen this year against 24% who expect their finances to improve.

My blog last week about Tracey raised quite a few comments. Do we even know how many DMP’s there are out there and how much unsecured debt there is tied up in them?

I had a call from Tracey last week. Tracy explained that her husband (Neil) and she had been in a DMP (Debt Management Plan) for around six years. Neil's accountant had suggested she call us.

Yes, G4S got things seriously wrong with their Olympic security shambles.

Recent figures show that the Eurozone jobless in July exceeded 18 million for the first time.

With effect from 1st January 2013 IFA’s (Independent Financial Advisers) will no longer be able to draw commissions from customers.

is planning changes to the PAYE system that should help them identify underpayment much quicker......

Figures issued last week by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) showed that employment had increased at a time when the second quarter has come in with a preliminary GDP figure of negative 0.7. What are we to believe?

We are now being told that better than expected construction figures may well mean that the second quarter GDP figures published last month will be revised upwards.