AGENDA WEST BUSINESS NEWS: Over 75% of hospitality businesses at risk of insolvency; Virgin Atlantic files for bankruptcy; betting shops lose business; and a sushi chain’s CVA
The trade magazine UK Hospitality has surveyed its readers and found the shocking news that over three-quarters of all pubs,…
AGENDA WEST. OPINION: Furloughing has been abused by 33% of employers and resulted in new work practices which are bad for the economy
For the million or so freelancers, self-employed and those recently offered jobs the furloughing scheme, grants and loans offered by…
RAPSCALLION MAGAZINE BOOK REVIEW: the coming of age who-dunnit mystery in Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time has opened up a new market in autism inspired novels (and it puts Swindon on the map)
A fast paced 21st century British mystery novel (based in Swindon) narrated by the fictional teenage schoolboy Christopher Boone is…
AGENDA WEST BUSINESS NEWS: 1,700 jobs on the line as major gym group goes into administration after its income fell to zero due to Covid-19
The BBC have reported that the nationwide gym group DW Sports has gone into administration closing its 70 plus outlets…
Axbridge mother of four publishes book on how at the age of 40 with no GCSEs or A levels she trained to be a midwife and eventually gained a masters degree and worked for Oxford University as a researcher
Midlife to Midwife by Linda Mottram After a bad day childminding and following one too many glasses of wine, this…
Agenda West Business News: pizza chain to serve up an oven baked CVA; 200,000 cars for sale at £800 each as Hertz struggles; banana firm slips up; builder goes bust; and cold comfort for creditors from Hotter Shoes
USA singer and actress Jessica Simpson promoted Pizza Hut More news from ICSM Credit on liquidations, CVAs and creditors chasing…
AGENDA WEST BUSINESS NEWS: Harry and Meghan’s foundation liquidated; family print firm crashes; caterers left out of hospitality’s VAT cut; and warning to creditors of collapsing retailers
Sometimes firms come to an end because they are not insolvent. In voluntary liquidations the directors or owners simply wish…
AGENDA WEST BUSINESS NEWS: Duchess of Cambridge’s favourite ‘ethical’ fashion firm liquidated; millionaire owner set to axe 500 jobs; and Holland & Barrett are shamed for late payments to suppliers
The bigger they come the harder they fall seems to be apt at the moment with Arcadia in negotiations to…
AGENDA WEST BUSINESS NEWS: Covid 19 brings disaster in the high street as office workers fail to return, a coffee firm collapses and a famous shirt brand could disappear
Famous names in trouble Some or the most famous names in menswear are facing extinction if their parent company The…
AGENDA WEST BUSINESS NEWS: Fears businesses will have to pay for Covid 19 as Chancellor Rishi Sunak considers online sales tax and replacing business rates with a new land tax
Officially the Chancellor is looking to help the high street and traditional retailing in general by introducing an online tax…