Riding the storm

In good times or bad, sound advice, useful information and expert input can help you avoid risks and enable you to manage your business more effectively, which is why we have put together a range of additional information to help you navigate through the current storm.

Atradius’ strength lies in its undisputed expertise in and understanding of, the risks and opportunities of international trade: it’s on this bedrock of knowledge that our underwriting and product development are based, which is why we want to share key information with you so you can be up-to-date with the latest changes in both international and UK markets.

Please feel free to read the summaries and download the more detailed documents, which we hope they will be of help.

Economic turbulence and the three T’s – Trade, Trust and Transparency

As we embark upon a new quarter, with Bank of England and European Central Bank keeping interest rates at a record low and with many fiscal stimulus programmes still ongoing around the world, there is an emerging consensus of tentative optimism.

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Survive and Thrive

What have we learned from the rescession?

As key indicators show that the start of a recovery, however fragile, is now underway, we take a look at what key changes have taken place in business practices nas a direct result of the global downturn and how companies can use their experience in adapting from a focus on 'surviving' to 'thriving'.

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Global Economic Outlook - Q1 2010

The expert view of Atradius Economists

While most countries are still labouring under the after effects of the downturn, there are now some clear indications that a recovery is underway.

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Atradius article for CCR magazine

The impact of the recession on businesses and individuals has been both deep and far reaching, with virtually every sector of commerce at home and overseas has been hit by a seemingly never-ending wave of financial pressures, market decline and increased business failure.

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Pre Packs - Pros or Cons?

Among all this unrest and uncertainty, few aspects of the global downturn have polarised opinion as much as pre-packed administrations. On the one hand there are the clear benefits of maintaining jobs and re-structuring the ailing company’s finances in a condensed timescale and on the other is the fact that in many instances creditors are left ‘in the dark’ and presented with a ‘done-deal’. As a result, it’s not surprising that creditors regard pre-packs as a ‘con-trick’.