Our Business Recovery team are well-versed in helping businesses, individuals, lenders and creditors in times of financial distress.

Guided by our skill and experience, we aim for minimal cost, and maximum recovery – tackling corporate and personal debt problems along the way.

We’re also highly experienced in corporate and personal insolvency procedures including administration, receivership, liquidation, protected trust deeds and sequestration. Supportive and pragmatic at all times, we will help you assess your situation and find the best way for you to move forward.

Based in the heart of Glasgow City Centre, our team can help guide you during difficult times.

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Business Advisory

Cash Management
Well organised cash management processes and policies is an integral part to the success of any business. Getting the right processes and policies in place can be the difference between cash availability or having to depend on credit, such as overdrafts and loans, in order to meet ongoing business costs and overheads. At William Duncan we have an extensive pool of Chartered Accountants and business advisers experienced in assisting SMEs with cash flow and cash management problems.
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Business Advisory

Business Reviews
One of the services we provide is Independent Business Reviews (IBRs). An IBR is useful to many stakeholders for different reasons. The service we provide is a simple one, we give an honest assessment of the financial strength, stability and viability of your business. The Business Recovery team will assess your business's performance, strengths, weaknesses and provide a report based on our findings. We then aim to put a plan of action in place to turn ailing businesses around. Our Independent Business Review service can be catered to suit your specific needs.

Business Recovery and Insolvency - Corporate

Business Recovery & Insolvency - Individuals

Key People

Frequently asked questions

Insolvency arises when individuals or Companies have insufficient assets to cover their debts, or are unable to pay their debts when they fall due. Types of formal Insolvency differ from depending on whether you are a Company or an Individual.
Administration; Company Voluntary Arrangements; Scheme of arrangement; Receiverships (under certain circumstances); Compulsory liquidations; Creditors's Voluntary Liquidations.
In Scotland there are a number of solutions or products available to an individual with debt problems. They include: The Debt Arrangement Scheme; Trust Deeds Sequestration (Scottish term for Bankruptcy); and Debt Management Plans.
An Insolvency Practitioner is the person who is appointed to deal with an insolvency and who will act as the "office-holder".
The two most common paths to dissolve a company is 1. Applying to Companies House to have the company struck off; or 2. By employing a liquidator to liquidate the company and bring the company to an orderly end resulting in the dissolution of the company at Companies House.
Yes, but generally only if there has been wrong-doing on the part of the Director. The benefits of a limited company means that it is an entity in its own right and directors are as much employees as anyone else.
Once you have formed the view that the Company is unable to pay its debts as they fall due, or you are conscious that the Company has financial problems that simple refinancing cannot fix, you should seek expert advise - talk to us!
This depends on the Insolvency - contact one of our team for more information.
The bank will be notified the same day the Insolvency Practitioner is appointed. The event will trigger the bank to look at their security. For specific timescales, refer to the Personal Guarantee you signed.
Yes, subject to certain restrictions. Employees of insolvent companies that have entered a formal insolvency procedure can claim sums they are owed from the Redundancy Payments Office and may submit claims for arrears of salary, holiday pay, pay in lieu of notice and redundancy. Typically, employees will receive payment in 6 to 8 weeks from the date their claims are submitted to the RPO.
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