It is almost 30 years since legislation in the Insolvency Act 1986 introduced Administrations and Company Voluntary Arrangements (CVAs) as mechanisms intended to help with turning around failing businesses.
This legislation followed the 1982 Cork Report, which recommended procedures for trading out of insolvency.
Despite this and further legislation, however, there has not been any noticeable increase in rescue attempts where Insolvency Practitioners have been brought into companies in distress.
We explore why this should be and whether anything can be done to encourage more banks and IPs to embrace the rescue culture so that more businesses can be saved.
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