Begbies Traynor

George Lafferty of BTG has been appointed provisional liquidator of Enterprise Foods Limited by Hamilton Sheriff Court on 18 March, following a petition by the company. The East Kilbride-based wholesale food supplier, which traded as Localist from its premises on Reynolds Avenue, had been in operati

A long-established family-run specialist flooring contractor headquartered in East Kilbride has ceased trading after its directors appointed administrators this week, with 43 employees made redundant. George Lafferty of BTG was appointed administrator of Industrial Floor Treatments Limited on 10 Mar

George Lafferty of BTG (formerly Begbies Traynor) has been appointed as administrator of Pagazzi Lighting Services on 27 February and Pagazzi Lighting Concessions Ltd on 26 February, after it experienced ongoing cash flow issues after a period of sustained poor trading. The 45-year-old family-owned

The Scottish distilling industry is facing a deepening crisis as new data from financial advisory and restructuring firm BTG has revealed that 19% of Scotland’s distilleries are now in financial distress. In Scotland, 69 distillers, and a further 217 across England, Wales and Northern Ireland,

Begbies Traynor Group plc, which employs over 60 staff in Scotland and Northern Ireland across six offices, has announced a comprehensive rebrand that will bring the business and its eight service lines together under a unified BTG banner. The announcement of the name change and rebrand follows the

Scotland again experienced dramatic increases in business distress in the last three months of 2025, well ahead of UK averages, according to Begbies Traynor The business rescue and recovery firm's latest Red Flag Alert data, released every three months, shows the most serious ‘critical’

The Udny Arms Hotel, a historic boutique hotel in Newburgh, Aberdeenshire, that dates back to 1865, has been placed into administration by its directors in an effort to safeguard up to 40 full and part-time jobs. Kevin Mapstone of Begbies Traynor was appointed as administrator of the Udny Arms Hotel

George Lafferty of Begbies Traynor has been appointed provisional liquidator of The View Café, Aviemore a popular café with both locals and visitors, as part of a Scottish court liquidation process. The company entered provisional liquidation on 16 December and has ceased trading, resu

Begbies Traynor has invested in a five-year lease at a new Edinburgh office location at 3 Semple Street as the firm’s team in Scotland continues to expand. “The new Edinburgh office will enable us to grow our team in the capital, and also offers clients and staff another venue for meetin

Just four of the 42 clubs (9.5%) in Scotland’s top four leagues are showing signs of financial distress, down by 20% year on year, while in the EFL only three of the 72 clubs (4.2%) show signs of distress, half the number 12 months earlier, Begbies Traynor has revealed. Data from the Football

Dundee entrepreneur Tony Banks paid £8.26 million to acquire Eden Mill out of administration, a newly released administrators’ report has revealed.

St Andrews-based Eden Mill Distillery has been acquired from administration, saving the jobs of all 42 staff, Begbies Traynor has announced. Kenny Craig and Kevin Mapstone of Begbies Traynor were appointed joint administrators of the distillery's owner, St Andrews Brewers Limited, on Tuesday.

Kenny Craig of Begbies Traynor has been appointed as trustee in Sequestration of the estate of the late Alex Salmond following an application to the Accountant in Bankruptcy made by Moira Salmond, in her capacity as executrix. The winding up of the former First Minister’s estate will include t

Kevin Mapstone and Paul Webber of Begbies Traynor have been appointed as joint administrators of Scotch Frost of Glasgow Limited on 4 November 2025. The Uddingston-based food importer and distributor, which has ceased trading with the loss of all 17 jobs, was placed into administration following a p

Scotland experienced the fastest quarter-on-quarter increase in the number of businesses in distress across the UK in Q3 2025, according to the latest Red Flag Alert from Begbies Traynor. In Scotland, levels of advanced or "critical" distress in the latest quarter were particularly stark, rocketing