ICSM Business Education News: shock as drama school Read College is set to close as more colleges struggle
By Harry Mottram: news that the famous drama school Read College is set to shut this summer has reminded the sector…
ICSM Insolvency News: they take the cash and go bust – a collapsed company backed by the PM’s wife Akshata Murty throws a spotlight on the millions of tax payers’ cash written off in Covid loans
By Harry Mottram: The business credit intelligence group ICSM has heard numerous accounts from its members that there’s a pattern of…
ICSM Printing Industry Insolvency News: decision day for Plymouth based outfit as it admits defeat and chooses liquidation following creditors’ meeting
By Harry Mottram: Pepper Communications in Plymouth has chosen to liquidate following a creditors’ voluntary liquidation today (Friday, February 10, 2023).…
ICSM Sports Business News: shock as Worcester Rugby owner dumps the name, the creditors and the fans who are owed millions
By Harry Mottram: In a stunning interview with BBC Hereford & Worcester the owner of rugby’s Worcester Warriors Jim O’Toole said…
ICSM Cryptocurrency Business News: from tulips to the South Sea Bubble, the dot.com boom and cryptocurrencies – beware of investment opportunities that turn out to be Ponzi schemes
By Harry Mottram: In 1637 investors in Dutch tulips experienced one of the worst market crashes of all time. The price…
ICSM Aviation Business News: Flybe leaves customers and suppliers high and dry as it collapses into administration for the second time in three years
Grounded: Flybe have gone into adminstration for the second time By Harry Mottram: Three yeas ago this month Flybe warned of…
ICSM Business Insolvency News: Begbies Traynor warns that ‘thousands of firms face closure’ as costs mount in a ‘perfect storm’ for business
By Harry Mottram: The BBC’s Simon Jack has given an alarming report of business collapse following warnings from the insolvency practitioners…
ICSM Business Cryptocurrency News: Following the FTX ‘Ponzi Scheme’ scandal, advocates of cryptocurrencies spin good news about the sector – but Coinbase slash jobs as crisis deepens
By Harry Mottram: Reuters have reported that Coinbase have laid off 950 workers as the market for cryptocurrencies suffers problems following…
A personal view on newspaper groups as Reach’s ‘shares tank on profit warning’ – chalk up another victory for defeatism as management and owners ‘manage decline’
By Harry Mottram: As a one-time news reporter and feature writer at some of Reach’s titles – formerly Trinity Mirror –…
ICSM Business News: as the economy shrinks and property prices fall so the fortunes of construction firms take a dip as more companies go to the wall
Pic: The Bolton News By Harry Mottram: Across the UK building projects have begun to stall as more firms either pause…