8 July 2025 – For years, blended finance —utilizing public development funds to attract private investment in developing countries —has been touted as a powerful means to bridge the financing gap for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, with this gap currently standing at US$4 trillion, according to data from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), blended finance is not living up to its potential.

“Blended finance can unlock private capital for sustainable development,” said UN Under-Secretary-General Li Junhua in opening remarks on Wednesday at a standing-room-only UN DESA Global Policy Dialogue on “Reimagining Blended Finance: Aligning Capital with the…

At the African Union’s first Debt Conference held in Lomé, Togo, in May 2025, leaders and experts proposed concrete reforms to address rising debt distress across the continent.

With several African countries facing economic challenges and with outdated global mechanisms slowing relief, the AU is advancing new solutions: from enforcing creditor participation to launching a Pan-African Credit Rating Agency to ensure debt supports, rather than hinders, Africa’s development goals.

The conference brought together heads of state, finance ministers, central bank governors, multilateral institutions, and civil society representatives to address Africa’s growing debt crisis and chart a path towards fiscal sustainability.

As of 2024,…

As part of our work to reduce the administrative burden on insolvency practitioners we are improving our process for when Companies House notify HMRC about an insolvent liquidation.

After receiving a notification of liquidation, we will update our system to make these records inactive. This will stop initial and annual notices to file (CT603) being issued, so you will not have to respond to those communications.

We will write and tell you that we have made the company’s Corporation Tax record inactive and provide you with the company’s Unique Tax Reference.

If during the period of liquidation, there’s been no activity giving rise to a charge under Corporation Tax, you will no longer have to submit nil Company Tax Returns or…