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More delays in Lehman repay

06.11.09

Hedge funds and other big investors told to expect even more delays before getting back the $16 billion worth of assets they had tied up with the Lehman Brothers’ London-based European business... more

Oxford St killjoys block ice rink plan

26.10.09

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Forget big bonuses - we need to stop the City gravy train

16.10.09

A friend of mine who is something of an internet guru once pitched for a job to revamp a well-known company's website. Later, the managing director sought me out. "Your pal was superb." Then he frowned. "But we can't hire him"... more

Tourists checking out capital’s cheaper hotels

21.09.09

Overseas visitors taking advantage of the cheap pound are getting even better value from the capital’s hotel accommodation ... more

Tourists checking out capital's cheaper hotels

21.09.09

Overseas visitors taking advantage of the cheap pound are getting even better value from the capital's hotel accommodation... more

Accountant fails to widen Ł40m case

17.09.09

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Rescue is at hand for High and Mighty

09.09.09

High and Mighty, the gentleman’s outfitter for the bigger fella, is close to being rescued from insolvency ... more

Bankruptcies reach a record with worse on the way

07.08.09

More people in the UK are being bankrupted than ever before, latest official statistics reveal. And the worst may be yet to come... more

Hotel bankruptcies soaring on recession, study says

27.07.09

The full impact the recession has had on the UK’s hotel industry was laid bare today by new figures showing that sector insolvencies soared 120% since last June ... more

PwC to return $11bn of assets at Lehman Brothers

15.07.09

Administrators to Lehman Brothers' have paved the way for the bust bank to return $11 billion (Ł6.8 billion) of frozen assets to clients as early as next year... more

‘Name and shame’ plan under attack

23.04.09

The Government was accused of breaching taxpayer confidentiality after it announced a new clampdown on tax avoidance... more

Britons are 'Ł40,000 poorer' due to credit crunch

16.03.09

The average Briton is Ł40,000 worse off as a result of the credit crunch, new research has claimed... more

Thanks to BBC2, I’ve caught negorrhea

05.03.09

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Tumbling rates may bring end to free banking

05.03.09

The future of free banking is in fresh doubt as historically low interest rates threaten bank profits... more

Little therapy in these retail buys

29.01.09

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Perils of ‘doing a pre-pack’ —it might save ailing firms but creditors are left bitter

27.01.09

Legal analysis: The restructuring of FishWorks struck me as a classic of its kind... more

FishWorks collapses but sites battle is on

21.01.09

Consumer: FishWorks, the troubled restaurant chain, has collapsed into administration but an immediate bidding battle for some sites looked likely... more

Classrooms hit by rebuilding plan delays

20.01.09

Crumbling school classrooms are deteriorating rapidly after severe delays hit Gordon Brown's Ł45billion rebuilding plan, a report warns... more

Don't be the next Woolies

19.01.09

Analysis: Two insolvency experts offer compelling advice for firms to avoid bankruptcy... more

2012 London Olympics will provide a lasting legacy

16.01.09

Despite the current economic downturn, Keith Dovkants found that most experts now agree the Games will be a huge boost for London... more

Satyam chiefs ‘took Ł1.2m before crash’

14.01.09

Scandal: Executives at India’s Satyam Computer Services grabbed $1.8 million from share sales in the six months before its stock collapsed amid accusations of fraud... more

Investors consider suing PWC, auditor of India's Satyam

09.01.09

Legal: Several investors in Satyam Computer, the outsourcing giant that announced this week that it had concealed $1 billion in losses, are considering suing PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC, the auditor of the company's doctored accounts... more

A cutting sense of history at PwC

30.12.08

PricewaterhouseCoopers has been attacked by the Financial Reporting Council because it encourages certain partners on client audits to cross-sell other services of the firm... more

Scrap the academies -they don't work, say advisers

27.11.08

Ministers were urged to scrap plans for hundreds of flagship academies after a highly critical report from the Government's own advisers... more

Businesses in fury at top-rate tax move

24.11.08

Budget report: The 45p top rate will hit Britain's best earners harder than their counterparts in the United States and Germany... more

BDO partners take a pay cut

24.11.08

Pay: Partners at BDO Stoy Hayward have had to take a pay cut as the firm attempts to spend its way into the big time of the accountancy profession... more

Lehman creditors facing 10-year wait

14.11.08

Hundreds of angry claimants descended on a creditors' meeting at the O2 Arena to hear how $1 trillion of Lehman Brothers assets will be split up... more

Lehman work 'may take years'

27.10.08

Banking: Winding up Lehman Brothers' operations in London is taking longer than expected, and may not be completed for many years, according to the man in charge of the investment bank's administration... more

Hold on to your hats, rough ride has just started

16.09.08

Chancellor Alistair Darling says we are in the biggest financial crisis in 60 years. So we obviously have much worse to come than yesterday's 4.5% retreat on the FTSE 100... more