Blogs

Why on Earth Would Any Young Person Work for You?
1. The Problem: The Talent Pipeline is Drying Up Insolvency firms across the UK are quietly facing a crisis—one that’s not on a balance sheet,

Burnout, Backlogs and Bother: How Smart IPs Are Using AI to Breathe Again
1. The Problem: Too Much to Do, Too Few People to Do It Let’s be honest – being an Insolvency Practitioner in 2025 is a

AI is Coming for Your Job – And That’s a Good Thing (If You’re Ready)
Let’s start with a question: How do you feel about AI? Excited? Nervous? Terrified? Dismissive? Be honest. Do you think it’s all hype? A passing

The Three-Part Rule: How to Split Every Task Between You and AI
Introduction: Why You Need a System If you’re using AI (or thinking about using it), you’re already ahead of the curve. But are you using

AI in Insolvency: Friend, Foe, or the Future?
Ethan Mollick, in his book Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI – by the wway a book we wholeheartedly recommend to you – offers a

Generative AI: Your Next Superstar Employee
Would you sack your best employee for making 2 mistakes a year?
No? So why do you measure the success of AI on the same basis?

Appearance on an ICAEW Video
There is a message I regularly send to accountants, insolvency practitioners and other advisors who provide services to businesses. That is… ‘AI is Here, and

What can we learn from Little Joe about generative ai?
As a grandad to a (near) 3 year old, I’m a bit of a fan of Nick Cope. Friday afternoons around Midday I’m normally driving,

The Inflection Point for Insolvency Practitioners: Why Change Can’t Wait
In 1996, Andrew Grove published ‘Only the Paranoid Survive’ at a pivotal moment for global business: the dawn of the internet era. Grove’s insights into