Commentary

This week the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) mandated the adoption of Open Banking by early 2018, after a two-year investigation into SME and retail banking.

Begbies Traynor regional managing partner and retail expert Julie Palmer was in the BBC Radio 5 Live studio this morning to discuss the latest trading figures from Marks & Spencer. The figures ha…

Julie Palmer, Partner and retail expert at Begbies Traynor, said: “With most retailers taking the decision to extend Black Friday and Cyber Monday into a full weekend worth of Christmas deals, m…

Julie Palmer, Partner at Begbies Traynor, said:“Over a year has passed since Tesco’s £250m overstatement scandal hit the headlines and the Group is still struggling to see light at t…

Julie Palmer, Partner at Begbies Traynor said: “While CEO Marc Bolland will be buoyed by another quarter of steady sales in M&S’s food division, unfortunately the retailer’s gene…

Three cheers for Marc Bolland, whose concertina turnaround plan has at last given M&S something to celebrate, after the retailer delivered its first increase in annual profits in four years. Undou…

AFC Bournemouth’s turnaround is nothing short of miraculous and is a great case study in football’s resilience. When Gerald Krasner and I were appointed joint administrators in 2008, the c…