In this data revolution we are currently living in, more data has been created in the last 2 years than in all history up to that point. Laurie Beagle, Managing Director of Forums International, was joined by Company Watch Data Scientists Dr Adam Tucker and Dr Philip Derry in this latest webinar. They discuss the…
This blog addresses another frequently asked question about the main difference between the Company Watch H-Score® and TextScore® and looks at our new Combined Score.
In this blog, we examine the importance of considering the group structure when analysing a company’s financial health.
Kier has been in the Company Watch Warning Area for some years, primarily due to its weak balance sheet structure. In contrast to this, the market perception has been strong with Kier valued at over £1bn as recent as September 2018. However following Kier’s issues over the past year, the market value has been decimated…
Supplier financial failure is one of the biggest threats to a business. For too many businesses, active risk management of suppliers stops as soon as the contract is signed. Yet, the on-going monitoring of your key suppliers is a critical part of business continuity and growth planning. In this guide we take a look at…
As the UK population changes its consumer habits around the travel industry, there are some significant impacts for the financial health of those companies involved. The overall position of the industry, with an average H-Score® of just 42, is well below the norm for the UK economy; with a large portion of these companies (35%)…
The travel industry is a significant contributor to the UK economy, with a GVA per annum of £68bn. However, with an average H-score of 42, well below the norm for the UK economy, the industry is under threat. Constant downward price pressures and rising cost pressures are leading to many company insolvencies. In this latest…
Excessive competition and chronic congestion of UK roads and ports is becoming a real issue for many within the industry. Company Watch CEO, Jo Kettner and Nick Hood recently reviewed the sector to track the overall state of the industry. Download your copy of the Industry Watch – Haulage and Logistics using the button below….
With significant labour shortages and chronic congestion of UK ports and roads, the haulage and logistics sector is facing significant pressures. In the Company Clinic – Haulage and Logistics; Jo Kettner, CEO of Company Watch and Nick Hood examine why the 5th largest sector in the UK is at risk. With over 40% of the…
How credit professionals can sort the strong from the weak. Denis Baker and Jo Kettner, Company Watch, hosted the latest CICM webinar on 27th March. With the number of high-profile failing companies increasing, Denis Baker looked at how companies such as Capita, Mitie, Interserve, Accenture and Carillion affect credit teams, and why knowing your customer…
Andrew Leach, a supply chain risk management expert, highlights why in these times of unprecedented political turmoil, when uncertainty is the new normal, the business of managing supply chain risk has never been more important. Or more difficult… Using examples of how companies have successfully adopted practical, workable processes to create early-warning systems, Andrew talks…
Industry Watch: Pubs, Cafes and Bars report is now available. The overall synopsis of the leisure industry is that the H-Score® has fallen from an average of 40 down to 38 in the past 12 months. However, this headline figure masks what is happening within the sector. The average H-Score® for pubs and restaurants…
Credit management is about allowing businesses to grow profitably: done right, credit management can transform businesses. Find out why credit professionals choose Company Watch to help them effectively manage their customers and partners.
Procurement is one of the most critical functions of any business. Any disruption to the smooth and continuous flow of goods, materials and services can bring a business to a standstill. Supplier Management isn’t just about finding the best price for a contract – it is about ensuring that a contract can be delivered in time…
One of the reasons clients choose Company Watch is because of our commitment and values. At Company Watch having values is about nurturing and supporting our three key values of respect, excellence and innovation. To embody this we have three Company Watch plants that represent our values: a peace lily for Respect, an orchid for…
There was an interesting programme on Late Payment on BBC Radio 4’s Money Box Live yesterday – a real problem for small businesses. Expert advice was to ‘know who you’re contracting with’ and ‘know what you’re getting into’ – credit reports, which include information about Directors, County Court Judgments and suggested Credit Limits are a…
The overall synopsis of the leisure industry is that the H-Score® has fallen from an average of 40 down to 38 in the past 12 months. However, this headline figure masks what is happening within the sector. The average H-Score® for pubs and restaurants is a mere 32 out of 100. View the latest…
Saturday 19th January’s edition of BBC Breakfast included an interview with Nick Hood, reporting the state of the travel industry. The interview with Nick used data analysis from Company Watch. The report highlights the fragile state of the market, and the need for caution when dealing with travel agents and tour operators.
Whether you are involved with credit, procurement, risk or finding new business – understanding the financial health of companies is key to business success. Nick Hood, insolvency practitioner, talks about how he has successfully monitored a portfolio of businesses, and why Directors, Shareholders, Lenders, Suppliers, JV partners, Acquirers and Advisers should be looking at the…
The construction sector is a multi-faceted industry, including house builders, major contractors and civil engineering. Since the spectacular collapse of Carillion in January 2018, there has been a heightened interest in the performance and financial sustainability of the major players. Company Watch recently held a Company Clinic webinar on the Construction industry. Also available:…
The construction sector is a multi-faceted industry, including house builders, major contractors and civil engineering. Since the spectacular collapse of Carillion in January 2018, there has been a heightened interest in the performance and financial sustainability of the major players. Company Watch recently reviewed the construction and house building sector to track the overall state…
When House of Fraser finally succumbed to Administration, there was barely-concealed outrage that a company which had reported assets of over £900m in its January 2017 Accounts had been sold for only £90m a little over 18 months later. So where can more than £800 million disappear to? Denis Baker has provided a valuable insight…
The survival and growth of the traditional high street in the teeth of online shopping competition, changing consumer habits, development constraints and burgeoning business charges, is nothing less than a high-stakes battle – in which the very purpose of place is at stake for many hundreds of towns and cities. Marking the fifth anniversary of…
Angelia – what’s in a name…. Like most tech companies, we use internal codenames to label our development projects – for the last 3 or 4 years these have all been taken from Greek mythology. We’ve got rather fond of Angelia – our codename for our complete system re-write over the last couple of years…
The Telegraph reports on care home insolvencies rising amid pressure from living wage costs. Research carried out by Opus Restructuring and Company Watch found that one in four of the UK’s 2,500 home care companies was at risk of insolvency. See the article in full
As part of our ongoing analysis of the market place we monitor the performance of individual companies and model the impact of internal and external events on their vulnerability. The Company Clinic webinars are designed to give you an insight into companies featuring in the news, showing you the real story behind the headlines. This…
Read the latest i-FM article, from one of the leading facilities management magazines, on the strong performers and those in danger of falling into the warning area within the FM industry. See the financial health of companies including G4S, Capita and Kier, which used Company Watch analysis. The full article is available here (may require login).
CCR Magazines lists Company Watch. CCRmagazine.com, the magazine for credit professionals, now has Company Watch listed within its information and engagement section. View listing here:
Company Watch is continuing to lead the way in shaping global software development, and to boost the number of women IT engineers. Estela Pinto, one of the Company Watch software development team is supporting the organisation of this year’s LAMBDA.WORLD, one of the largest global functioning programming events. This year’s conference will be held from…
As part of our ongoing analysis of the market place we monitor the performance of industry sectors within the economy and model the impact of internal and external events on various sectors. These results are included within our Industry Watch updates. Download your copy of Industry Watch – Restaurants to view who is strong and…
Monday, May 14, 2018 One third of the larger restaurant and cafe companies are loss making, meaning that increases in national minimum wage, which came into force on 1 April 2018, will put even more pressure on an already-besieged sector. Company Watch, the financial analytics firm, analysed a representative industry sample, examining the published full…
Tuesday, May 2, 2017 Jo Kettner (née Roberts) takes over the firm’s leading executive role from co-founder and former CEO Denis Baker who remains with the firm as a board director and full-time member of staff. Since 2003, Kettner has held a number of roles at Company Watch. Initially working on the research side of the…
Monday, March 12, 2018 A new study of over 1600 larger UK retailers with total assets of £5 million or over by Company Watch, the financial analytics firm, found over a quarter were financially vulnerable to rises in interest rate costs this year. Company Watch reviewed the latest published full year financial accounts of 1625…
As Britons head to the ballot box today, the narrowing Conservative Party lead in the opinion polls suggests the Government might be facing a reduced majority or even the prospect of a hung parliament. We shall soon find out. A reduced parliamentary majority will have dashed Theresa May’s hopes of strengthening her negotiating hand with…
This list is compiled typically using the largest companies in each sector (measured by Total Assets). High profile failures are found on our twitter feed @Company_Watch. Please note that we have excluded subsidiaries (we always warn users to check the financial health of the highest group company into which accounts are consolidated to get the…
Welcome to our February 2017 newsletter. As we write, we are in the early weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency, and already the rule book on international relations, trade and diplomacy has been torn up leaving the world trying to get to grips with how this most unpredictable of US presidents is going to reshape modern…
BIPA are pleased to announce that Company Watch Ltd has become a member from February 2017. Company Watch Ltd which was founded in 1998 in London is delighted to be joining BIPA which now comprises the seven principle Commercial Credit Reference Agencies in the UK.
24 November, 2016 Company Watch, specialists in tracking and predicting corporate financial health, has increased the number of online Polish companies available. Customers can now access full financial Company Watch health assessments of over 530,000 private Polish companies including profit, asset & funding, management evaluation and full financial trend analysis. In addition to annual financials…
21 November, 2016 Company Watch has expanded the number of Italian companies available online. Customers can now access full financial Company Watch health assessments of all private Italian companies including profit, asset & funding, management evaluation and full financial trend analysis. In addition to annual financials & ratings, users can access other important business details…
16 November, 2016 Company Watch, who monitor corporate financial health, has found that there are now approximately 249,000 ‘Zombie’ firms trading in the UK, an increase of 10,000 compared to November 2014 when they conducted the same research. Zombie firms (named after the so-called ‘living dead’) are severely financially distressed. They are able to continue…
31 October, 2016 Research by Opus Restructuring, a leading advisory, restructuring and insolvency firm, reveals that Administration, the UK’s flagship business rescue procedure, is ineffective in over two thirds of cases. Using data and analytics supplied by Company Watch, a financial analytics company, Opus reviewed the outcomes of 4,581 Administration cases in England & Wales…
11 January, 2016 With oil prices testing record ten year lows and likely to remain low for the foreseeable future corporate health monitors Company Watch has repeated last year’s examination of the health of the finances of the UK’s smaller publicly quoted oil and gas companies. Read full release
9 November, 2015 Although collapsing commodity prices have hit mining giants like Glencore, smaller mining stocks have taken as much or even more of a battering, according to new research on the AIM-quoted mining sector from corporate health monitors Company Watch. To illustrate the impact the mining recession has had on smaller mining stocks, …Read full release.
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