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The R3 Podcast provides insight into the key issues affecting the insolvency and restructuring profession from the people dealing with them. Each episode features an interview with someone from R3’s network of professionals about a key insolvency and restructuring related topic, supporting R3’s education and technical principle: ‘delivered by the profession, for the profession’. The podcast is hosted by R3’s Technical Manager Ben Luxford. Any members who would like to be a guest or want to submit ideas for future recordings can contact Ben at: [email protected]

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Episode 19: COVID Challenges, Insolvency Realities - What was it really like to work on the frontline of business distress during the pandemic?

2026/01/28

In this episode, R3 member Grace Whatman (Senior Vice President, AlixPartners), shares her firsthand experience of supporting companies and individuals through unprecedented uncertainty. With R3’s statement to the COVID Inquiry now public, we discuss how these lived experiences align with the key themes in the evidence — and what the profession hopes will come from the Inquiry’s work.

Episode 18: Proposal for Changes to the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 Relating to Fees for CVL Liquidators

2025/11/14

This episode gives a brief overview of R3's proposal to amend the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 concerning CVL Liquidator fees. Join R3 GTC members Michelle Butler and Stephen Hill, to explore how widespread creditor apathy forces Insolvency Practitioners into costly court applications to obtain fee approval. The solution? A Statutory Fee for CVL Liquidators to streamline the process, reduce administrative burden, and ensure IPs get paid efficiently.

Episode 17: Special Situations and M&A

2025/10/21

In this episode of the R3 Podcast, guest host Ceara Roopchand is joined by special guests Felix Connolly (BTG Advisory), Louise Durkan (Deloitte), and Ben Hughes (FRP Advisory) to dive into the world of special situations and M&A. Together, they explore the current mood of the market, the evolving role of private equity and how sector dynamics are shifting in today’s landscape.

Episode 16: A Presidential Interview with The Insolvency Service

2025/07/14

This episode is a live recording of an interview between R3 President Tom Russell and Angela Crossley - Director, Strategy, Policy and Analysis at the Insolvency Service from this year’s R3 Annual Conference. The interview covers how the Insolvency Service are evolving and changing to meet the different roles it now plays and how these impact on the profession.

Episode 15: LGBTQIA+ Inclusion - How Leaders Can Encourage People to Bring Their Whole Selves to Work

2025/06/30

In a guest episode of the R3 Podcast recorded for Pride month, Francesca Tackie, a founding member of the R3-Insolvency Service Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Steering Group, and Managing Director of Mercury Corporate Recovery Solutions, discusses LGBTQIA+ inclusion, with Rachel Reese and Emma Cusdin from Global Butterflies.

Episode 14: Identity Verification & ACSPs – What IPs Need to Know

2025/06/24

Tune in as Mark Buckley from Companies House breaks down the new Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act. He'll cover crucial updates on identity verification and Authorised Corporate Service Providers (ACSPs), explaining why these changes are vital for insolvency practitioners.

Episode 13: Overcoming Restaurant Challenges with Empathy and Action

2025/05/27

Restaurant owners are battling unprecedented economic pressures. But there is a path forward. In this episode, licensed Insolvency Practitioner Andrew Bailey (Turpin Barker Armstrong) explores practical strategies for survival and recovery. Discover how empathy, a solid plan, and understanding the true picture through in-person consultations can make all the difference. Valuable insights for anyone in the restaurant industry or involved in business turnaround.

Episode 12: The SME Market - Challenges

2025/03/10

After a brief hiatus, The R3 Podcast returns with a fantastic episode featuring Andrew Pepper and Charmaine Doyle of Evelyn Partners. Andrew, Head of Special Situations & Restructuring, and Charmaine, a Senior Manager and award-winning turnaround professional, bring decades of experience to the discussion. Tune in as they explore the challenges and opportunities facing SMEs, including turnaround strategies, director responsibilities, and the impact on the EV sector.

Episode 11: AML - Here to Stay

2025/03/10

In this episode Tony Walker and Gareth Limb discuss anti-money laundering obligations and post appointment transactions for insolvency professionals.

Episode 10: Good Box or Bad Box

2025/03/09

In this episode, Jeremy Frost of The Frost Group discusses the administration of Goodbox Co Labs Limited and in particular, the ground-breaking precedent for creditor - led Restructuring Plans and the necessity of company consent for a plan.

Episode 9: The Moratorium - A Corbin and King Experience

2025/03/09

In this episode Rob Harding and Benji Dymant from Teneo discuss their experiences as Joint Monitors of the Corbin and King intermediary holding companies & trading subsidiaries and how they see the process being used by IPs in the future.

Episode 8: The Value of the Profession - How Insolvency and Restructuring Supports the UK Economy

2025/03/08

This episode sees the return of R3’s very own James Jeffreys (Head of Press, Policy and Public Affairs), who discusses the findings from R3’s Value of the Profession report - The value of the profession: how insolvency and restructuring supports the UK economy.

Episode 7: LSS Group - Provider of Solutions for IPs and Beyond

2025/03/07

To some the profession is in a state of calm before an expected tsunami of insolvencies. When that storm will arrive will be dependent on a number of factors, but in the meantime the profession will be preparing. This is where the LSS Group come in.

Special Episode: International Women's Day (8 March 2022)

2025/03/07

To mark International Women’s Day this special episode of The R3 Podcast features R3's CEO Caroline Sumner. In it, Caroline discusses a range of topics that include: her career in insolvency and restructuring, why she chose to work in the profession, life as R3’s CEO, and diversity and inclusion.

Episode 6: Corporate Intelligence and Investigations (and the missing 10,000 sheep)

2025/03/07

This episode has Sherlock type theme to it…Corporate Intelligence and Investigations. Host “This is a fantastic episode and I do ask members to keep listening till the end as Nick shares some interesting war stories. All I am going to say is ‘a client lost a flock of 10,000 sheep’.”