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Case Study: HMRC Reject Office Installation Firm’s Plea for Help

Robbie Meechan — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 11:24:31 +0000

Company overview This office renovation company was established almost ten years ago and made its name by installing office furniture to businesses across the UK. They employ a 20-strong workforce, and turn over around £1m in sales. The problem The business faced a significant blow when operational changes cost them a considerable sum. These […]

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Case Study: Unmanageable HMRC Debt Threatens Fashion Retailer

Robbie Meechan — Fri, 24 May 2024 08:08:17 +0000

Company overview We were contacted by a women’s fashion retailer to help with some business issues they’d been having. The company was already well established, having first opened its doors back in 2013, and employed a handful of staff. Business had been going well, and they reported an annual turnover of over £500k the year […]

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Case Study: IT Firm Has Debt Broken Down into Byte-sized Amounts

Robbie Meechan — Thu, 16 May 2024 09:43:23 +0000

Company overview This IT service and support company has been trading since the start of 2014, and now records an annual turnover of £110k. The director works on B2B IT solutions and software packages. The challenge Like many businesses, our client had faced problems with their cash flow. Unfortunately, this had steadily manifested itself […]

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Case Study – IT Consultancy Struggles to Clear Cash for Debts

Robbie Meechan — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 13:49:46 +0000

Overview Our client, an IT consultant, operated as a limited company in order to satisfy the needs of their main contractor. Established back in 2012, the owner had enjoyed some success as the only employee within the company, which boasted an average annual turnover of £85K. The challenge The limited company status that had […]

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Case Study – Dentist Avoids Losing Home After Practice’s Brush with Debt

Robbie Meechan — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 12:35:26 +0000

Overview Our client purchased a dentistry practice back in 2019 for around £400k. The practice had been established the year prior and had already amassed almost 3,000 active clients. Its specialism in aesthetic procedures as well as standard medical work saw it gain a strong client base. This meant that at the time of the […]

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Case Study: New Hope After Hot Tub Purchase Almost Sinks Business

Robbie Meechan — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 12:54:04 +0000

Overview Importing and selling seasonal goods and gifts, our client was formed in 2014, and had enjoyed some success with their wholesale sales model. They had grown to a good size and employed just under 30 members of staff. They were able to buy in large amounts of stock in anticipation for different seasons throughout […]

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Case Study: Green ‘Shoots’ for Grassroots Football

Chris Leadley — Fri, 12 May 2023 14:41:41 +0000

Overview Observing that children struggle to kick a full-weight football, our client was formed in 2016 and set about designing, manufacturing, and retailing its “lightweight” range of competition standard footballs. Offering a wide range of colours, sizes and competition levels, the footballs were sold globally to football clubs and individuals, increasingly through Amazon marketplace. […]

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Case Study: Pulling a Harley Street Health Centre Back from Closing its Doors to Recovery

Chris Leadley — Tue, 21 Sep 2021 13:27:30 +0000

Overview A series of difficult situations lead to the director of this Harley Street health centre wanting to close the doors for good. On top of mounting toxic debt, insufficient revenue and creditor pressure, the practice had been forced to relocate due to changes with their prior premises. The move they made was to a […]

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Case Study: The Effective Dissolution of an Outside Events Company

Chris Leadley — Thu, 08 Apr 2021 10:08:05 +0000

Overview This events organiser had to cancel a large event at the 11th hour due to a regulatory decision made by the local authority. With a celebrity investor, the event had high PR coverage and had sold thousands of tickets. The company would never survive the reputational and financial damage. About the company This […]

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Case Study: Rescuing a Struggling Automotive Body Repair Business

Chris Leadley — Thu, 08 Apr 2021 08:58:27 +0000

Overview Like many other businesses, our client had taken a financial hit during the 2020-2021 pandemic. Work intake was down, and overheads could not be met. The senior staff member expressed an interest in purchasing the business, and the director was keen to accept, but outstanding debt was standing in the way of moving their […]

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