The financial implications for our retail sector and commercial landlords arising from the Covid-19 pandemic are by this point obvious. Governmental restrictions, and reduced consumer confidence will leave highstreets and restaurants struggling for some time to come. Switching to a turnover rent is another option that could help tenants and landlords alike.

On the 20 May 2020, the Government introduced the Corporate and Insolvency Governance Bill. As with most of these type of documents, they’re not the easiest of bedtime reading! We therefore wanted to let you have a much easier to read update of The Insolvency Bill.

Most businesses will now either have returned from lockdown or planning a return to some form of normality. However, ‘business’ may be far from usual for a while yet. This is especially the case when returning to work means being confronted with mounting debts and disputes.