BBC After Andy Scott’s property chain went bust, he started out again taking over so-called “distressed businesses”, that is, firms on the verge of going bust. His secret is that many troubled firms have bright futures if you have the patience to turn them around. Video journalist: Jeremy Howell
Growth Business The process of acquiring a business is one of the biggest decisions you can make as a business owner or manager. But the vast majority of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) – around 80 per cent, according to a recent Harvard Business Review report – fail. Why?Here, we talk to people who’ve been closely […]
Money Week What does your business do? REL Capital is a UK investment company that specialises in turnaround and high-growth businesses. We purchase businesses that are either in decline or distressed from insolvency situations. We roll our sleeves up, work hard and turn them around and back to profit. We operate in several different sectors […]
Elite Business Magazine Education is important but with the ongoing pressure for higher studies, students are often stressed. We asked millennial entrepreneurs who failed the exams how they ended up leading successful companies After revision and fear of not getting into university, the summer has been an emotional rollercoaster for UK students, with the past […]
Having worked on and run building sites from an early age, I was always struck by how care free most of our young labourers lives were, which i envied the simplicity and care free spirit of their lives. They worked all week, got paid on a Friday. Spent it all on the weekend and you knew […]
Property Week The balance between protecting green belt land and delivering government housing targets is one that has always divided opinion. Yet, the misunderstanding and simplification of the term ‘protected green belt land’ is arguably the source of this contention. The balance between protecting green belt land and delivering government housing targets is one that has […]
Figures from the Insolvency Service showed there was an 85% leap in the number of CVAs in the first three months of 2018. A Company Voluntary Agreement (CVA) was intended for companies that are insolvent or in distress to pay their debts over a fixed period, with lower costs than an administration, and allows owners […]
Estate Agent News The Campaign to Protect Rural England have raised concerns that the homes being built on green belt land will not solve the affordable housing crisis. They report that 72% of the homes built last year within the green belt are mostly unaffordable by the government’s definition, and of the 460,000 homes that are planned to […]
CEO Today Magazine In the UK, only four percent of businesses manage to celebrate and survive past their 10th birthday, and given the recent high street turmoil, this number is likely set to drop further. As a result, we are witnessing an increasing number of businesses looking for turnaround and restructuring solutions and specialists to […]
Business Leader Business Leader recently sat down with Andy Scott, a property entrepreneur and the Chairman and Founder of REL Capital. As founder & chairman of REL Capital, a company that purchases and transforms UK SMEs, Andy has an extensive insight into how to transform a business that is struggling, into a thriving one. Andy […]