Business Recovery and Insolvency – Do's and Don'ts
Do's
- collate financial information together;
- form an understanding of the company's position;
- have regular meetings and take notes and minutes of any decisions made;
- prepare profit and loss and cash flow forecasts;
- be honest with yourself, your employees and your contacts;
- build a picture of the company’s assets and liabilities;
- most importantly seek professional insolvency advice.
Don'ts
- think your problems will go away if you do nothing about them;
- take deposits for any work which you may not be able to complete;
- ignore any legal proceedings;
- pay any creditor in preference to another even if they are more demanding or
- make promises you cannot keep.




