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Business turnround
• The specialists: the spreading wings of Chapter 11 experts
• Guest column: Allan Leighton of Royal Mail - -
Rescuers armed with new ideas
John Willman finds times and methods have changed dramatically for insolvency experts
THE SPECIALISTS: Growing army of experts that can help a company rebound
A new batch of firms looks beyond finances to operational issues. Ross Tieman reports
THE PROFESSIONALS: Big Four preach virtues of scale
Ross Tieman finds wider corporate creditor pools and increased competition creating a new paradigm in business restructuring
TOP TIPS: Admit defeat for recovery
Sarah Murray says companies find it hard to recognise that they have a problem
MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCIES: Business surgeons must focus on recovery
Stefan Stern says the best consultants look beyond a company merely surviving a close call with bankruptcy – and fulfilling shareholder expectations is key to success or failure
LAWYERS: Legal profession steps in to decipher increasing complexity
Michael Peel says lawyers’ growing involvement helps avert total disaster
M&S comes out of intensive care – but is not yet fighting fit
The company’s chief executive is in the home straight of a successful turnround, writes Elizabeth Rigby
Lessons in motivating the staff
Jonathan Birchall reports on the transformation of JC Penney and how it survived Wal-Mart’s challenge
Scandal-torn group passes ‘period of fear’l
Adrian Michaels reports on the revival of Parmalad, the Italian dairy company
A steady fight back from spectacular collapse
Rhodia, the specialty chemicals group, has returned from the brink. Arkema, another French chemnicals group, has begun a parallel recovery
