Month: June 2020

AGENDA WEST INSOLVENCY NEWS: swimwear firm goes bust; retailer New Look gives landlords an ultimatum; and a survey says 25% of furloughed staff will be made redundant

Seafolly have collapsed A 70% splash Australia’s largest swimwear brand Seafolly has gone into voluntary administration this week as it…

AGENDA WEST BUSINESS NEWS: Byron Burger could be the first collapsed company to use the new law that gives insolvent firms 20 days ‘breathing space’ to find a rescue plan

The long awaited reforms to the world of insolvency have been ushered in with the passing of the Corporate Insolvency…

Swans on the Levels

COMMENT: what the bunglers in Downing Street should have done to tackle the Covid 19 crisis (and a recession would have been avoided)

Since my last opinion piece on the damage ‘the airheads of Downing Street’ (as I called them – in the…

AGENDA WEST INSOLVENCY NEWS: Monsoon and other fashion chain retailing troubles; Intu enters administration, Non-Standard ‘on the brink’; various CVAs and pre-packs; and more news of firms in trouble and who to avoid

Pic: Retailer Monsoon have been under pressure Latest ICSM Credit News: Monsoon and other retailing troubles; Intu enters administration, Non-Standard…

CHILDREN’S THEATRE MAGAZINE Book Review: The Curious incident of overwhelmed parents, broken marriages, problematic policemen and how to deal with a troubled autistic child in Mark Haddon’s classic novel that everyone should read

CHILDREN’S THEATRE MAGAZINE Book Review: The Curious incident of overwhelmed parents, broken marriages, problematic policemen and how to deal with…

AGENDA WEST BUSINESS COMMENT: Business trashed, jobs lost, economy ruined, lives destroyed, 60,000+ dead: yes the Government’s handling of Covid 19 has been a balls up from the start

Business trashed, jobs lost, economy ruined, lives destroyed, 60,000+ dead: yes the Government’s handling of Covid 19 has been a…

AGENDA WEST BUSINESS NEWS: Rent day for retailers; Go Outdoors bought back in pre-pack, The Print Show is pulled; UK businesses owed on average £148,917 pre-lockdown; plus, more updates…

ICSM Credit News: Rent day for retailers; Go Outdoors bought back in pre-pack, The Print Show is pulled; UK businesses…

CHILDREN’S THEATRE MAGAZINE: Cheltenham theatre joins forces with the performing arts industries in pressing the Government to support the arts as 400,000 jobs are at risk due to the Covid-19 crisis

THE EVERYMAN THEATRE JOINS UNITED INDUSTRY EFFORTS TO SAVE BRITISH THEATRE The Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham has joined other nationwide theatres, producers,…

AGENDA WEST BUSINESS NEWS – ‘heartbreak’ over gastro pub’s demise, Bristol haulage firm collapses as more jobs go – and retailers Go Outside and Hotter in trouble – with more news from an Axbridge Chamber of Commerce member

Joycelyn Neve Pic: The Caterer ICSM Credit Latest News: Gastropub owner ‘heartbroken’ by insolvency; Intu finally admits the inevitable; and…