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Winter 2011/12

In an ongoing climate of challenging financial conditions, the current state of UK economy could be described as ‘confusing’. It is surprising, for example, that there has not been an increase in the volume of corporate insolvencies.

Against a backdrop including a depressed eurozone, global inflation and the impact of the public sector spending cuts, management teams need to regularly review their key business processes and systems to ensure they are operating as efficiently and effectively as possible in these challenging market conditions. Our lead article, therefore, looks to tackle the challenge of ‘taking control in difficult times’.

Elsewhere in this edition, we focus on the benefits associated with the exercise of ‘tidying up’ complex group structures in an article from our Corporate Simplification Services team. Other articles include our Special Investigations team commenting on the challenges faced in the complex cases which it handles and an update on pension deficit issues.

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