KSA Group Seminars!! At KSA Group we are passionate about saving companies and feel that education is the key for business people and their advisors to ensure that good viable businesses are not thrown away. There is much ignorance about the rescue mechanisms available, such as informal turnaround, or company voluntary arrangements, and it is often the case that business people leave it too late to act to solve cashflow problems.
What is more, saving a viable business should be an aim of many company’s advisors. Many of these seminars are aimed at advisors that will learn that they can keep a client and be renumerated for helping to bring about the turnaround.
We have already held seminars in London, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Nottingham and Crawley to spread the word. If you want to attend any of these events and would like to have details of the next one then you should get in touch.
Upcoming Seminar is to be held in Leeds on the 20th of June. CVA’s explained and debated. Please get in touch with robertm@ksagroup.co.uk if you want to attend
Next Seminar is Turnaround from a Local, National, and International Perspective to be held in Reading on June 12th.
Latest Seminar to be held was CVA versus Pre Pack debate on the 8th May 2013 in London. Read the review of the event published in Accountingweb.co.uk
Bromley 18th April 2013 – The Kent Triple A event was well received and it was interesting to hear HSBC’s approach to lending requests from small businesses.
Seminar in Nottingham on the 19th March 2013
This CPD event was a great success with over 30 people in attendance.
Seminar Edinburgh 19th February 2013
The meeting was addressed by a lawyer, a funder and a turnaround professional, who – drawing on their considerable experience in the field of restructuring – explained some of the options available to distressed companies in order to survive in the current tough economic conditions. The event was a sell out
Date: Tues 19 Feb, 6pm
Venue: Gillespie Macandrew LLP, 5 Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh EH3 8EJ
KSA Group along with HSBC, Turnaround Management Association (UK), and Advantage Business Partnerships hosted and sponsored free evening Seminars in Birmingham and West Sussex
KSA Group are Gold Sponsors of the Turnaround Management Association UK and we will be sponsoring events throughout 2012/2013
Attendees at these events will get our our USB toolkits with hundreds of pages on how to save companies.
KSA Group are keen to explain the benefits of the CVA mechanism to as wide a range of people as possible. As such, we were presenting at the Turnaround Management Association in Birmingham which was attended by 43 people. You can see the video of Keith Steven presenting below.
We also aim to bring the CVA mechanism to the attention of professionals in Scotland. We held a seminar in Edinburgh on the subject which was well attended. In 2011 there were a total of 14 CVAs done in Scotland compared to 765 in England and Wales….Recent statistics out has shown that only 1 CVA was approved in the first quarter of 2012.There are some legal issues as to why it is harder to get a CVA approved in Scotland but the differences do not account for the huge disparity.
Written ByKeith Steven
Turnaround Director
Keith is the Turnaround Director of RMT Accountants & Business Advisors. Prior to being acquired by RMT his company KSA Group has undertaken more than 300 CVA led rescues. Read our case studies to see how.
Company Insolvencies Edge Up In July 2026
Company insolvencies in England and Wales increased slightly in July 2026, with 1,931 companies entering formal insolvency such as administration or liquidation. This was 5% higher than in June 2026, but 5% lower than in July 2025. Creditors’ voluntary liquidations (CVLs) continued to make up the bulk of company insolvencies, accounting for 78% of all cases in July. The number of CVLs was 9% higher than in June, but remained 3% lower than in July 2025. Compulsory liquidations also increased slightly in July, rising by 4% compared with June, although they were 11% lower than in July 2025. Administrations fell sharply, dropping 33% compared with June and 19% compared with July 2025. This was mainly because June’s figures were affected by around 60 connected companies in the property sector entering administration. Administration numbers have been unusually volatile this year. Around 260 connected real estate companies entered administration across March, April and June, which has had a substantial impact on the headline totals. There were 22 company voluntary arrangements in July. This was 57% higher than in June and 83% higher than in July 2025, although CVA numbers remain very low by historical standards.What Is The Trend? Taken as a whole, the figures do not suggest that insolvencies are beginning to rise again. The 5% increase from June is within normal monthly variation and the total was still 5% lower than a year earlier. There are also some signs that insolvency volumes are easing compared with the very high levels seen in recent years. The average monthly number of CVLs during the first seven months of 2026 was 7% lower than the 2025 average, while compulsory liquidations were 6% lower. More broadly, average monthly company insolvencies during 2026 have been 6% lower than the monthly average recorded over the preceding three years. This has mainly been driven by lower numbers of CVLs. So, while insolvency levels remain high, the current picture looks more like a period of stabilisation than a renewed upward trend. The wider business environment has not changed significantly. Many companies continue to face pressure from employment costs, energy prices, borrowing costs, weak demand and historic debt. However, these pressures are not currently translating into a fresh surge in formal insolvencies. Our experience earlier in 2026 was that HMRC had increased enforcement activity against companies with tax debts that had been allowed to build up over a long period. This included winding-up petitions and greater use of enforcement officers. Such action can often become the immediate trigger for either a compulsory liquidation or for directors to place a company into creditors’ voluntary liquidation. For now, the July figures suggest that insolvency levels remain relatively stable, with some evidence that the very high levels of company liquidation seen in recent years are gradually beginning to come down.
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