Performance Improvement
Even strong businesses can struggle to maintain performance momentum in a prevailing environment of rapidly changing market dynamics.
At KR8 Advisory, we provide corporates with the strategic oversight, operational discipline and financial control required to stabilise performance, rebuild stakeholder confidence and drive sustainable growth.
We are regularly instructed to undertake the following activities:
Chief Restructuring Officer (CRO)
We provide experienced leadership to stabilise a business, deliver effective restructuring plans and restore stakeholder confidence.
Strategic
Options
We bring clarity to critical decisions, enabling boards and management teams to act objectively and decisively in complex situations.
Performance Improvement
We identify and deliver performance improvements which enhance profitability, cashflow and efficiency.
Finance Support
We enhance decision-making with robust forecasting, insightful reporting, and financial controls that instil confidence and discipline.
Stakeholder Management
We help navigate complex, high-stakes situations in which alignment on strategy and direction is critical, especially among key stakeholders.
Real Estate Advisory
We optimise property portfolios, unlocking value through strategic review, lease restructuring, and footprint rationalisation.
Why engage KR8?
Boards and investors increasingly demand clearer visibility, tighter operational discipline and robust financial control to protect value and achieve future growth. When performance declines, or when the business simply isn’t moving fast enough, leadership teams need confidence that the right levers are being activated.
Our Performance Improvement offering delivers exactly that. We bring deep restructuring and turnaround expertise across a wide range of sectors, combining strategic insight with a pragmatic hands-on approach tailored to SMEs and corporates.
Leveraging a proven track record in restoring performance and preserving value, we work collaboratively with management and utilise a trusted network of specialists to deliver lasting results.
Whether addressing underperformance, navigating periods of disruption or accelerating a strategic transformation, we help organisations regain control, rebuild confidence and create a platform for long-term value creation.
How KR8’s Performance Improvement team can help you
Our team includes licensed insolvency practitioners with many years of experience spanning across all sectors.
They are supported by a team of experts and also have access to a network of over 1,000 professionals within the K3 Capital Group of companies.
News and articles
January 3, 2019
Quantuma legal experts appointed Joint Administrators
Andrew Hosking and Sean Bucknall appointed to Blue Co London UK LLP (Formerly Ince & Co) to facilitate the transfer of its regulated business to Gordon Dadds LLP. Following its acquisition by Gordon Dadds Group plc, Blue Co London UK LLP (formerly Ince and Co LLP) appointed law firm restructuring specialists Andrew Hosking and Sean … Continued
September 27, 2021
The importance of a shareholder agreement to you and your shareholders
There’s an apocryphal tale about a doctor who, bored of saving sinking individuals from a river, decided to go upstream and stop them falling in. At the risk of doing me, my lawyer clients and competitors out of work, it feels a bit like that with the number of shareholder disputes coming down my river … Continued
January 14, 2022
Pitting valuation theory against a fair outcome?
Kate Hart and Jessie King from our Forensic Accounting & Investigations team discuss the use of retrospective valuations in matrimonial disputes and what’s fair. The recent judgment of Mostyn J in the matter of E v L [2021] EWFC 60 (Fam) again raises the question of the challenge and use of retrospective valuations in matrimonial … Continued
July 1, 2022
Derby County saved as takeover deal is completed
Quantuma joint administrators, Andrew Hosking, Carl Jackson and Andrew Andronikou are delighted to confirm the completion of the sale of the business and assets of Derby County Football Club (“The Club”) to Derbyshire based property group, Clowes Developments (UK) Ltd (“Clowes”) for an undisclosed amount. The transaction sees the Club exit from administration and be … Continued
April 17, 2023
UK-headquartered street style brand rescued from administration
Joint administrators from Quantuma have completed a sale of UK headquartered street style retailer, Just Hype Limited (Just Hype). Quantuma chief executive Carl Jackson and director, Kelly Mitchell were appointed as joint administrators of Just Hype on 31 March 2023, and completed a sale of the business and assets shortly afterwards. Just Hype was established … Continued
August 7, 2023
Scottish digital training provider CodeClan Limited enters liquidation
Managing directors and Insolvency Practitioners Craig Morrison and Scott Milne from the Edinburgh and Glasgow offices of cross-border advisory firm Quantuma, were appointed as Joint Provisional Liquidators for Scotland-based digital training provider CodeClan Limited on 4 August 2023. Established in 2015 with Scottish Government seed funding, CodeClan focussed on bridging the critical digital skills gap … Continued
October 12, 2023
Share valuation: when all is not as it seems
Jessie King, Senior Manager in our Forensic Accounting & Investigations team, analyses the different forms of business interest and how they may be approached in a valuation. Share valuation: when all is not as it seems We are increasingly being instructed to value interests in companies whose ‘stock’ comprises more than just ordinary share capital … Continued
October 13, 2023
Demystifying multiples
In this article, our Disputes, Investigations and Valuations team discuss how we arrive at a multiple when valuing a business. “What multiple are you currently using?”, “Is the multiple 5 or 6?” are questions that we are regularly asked. Unfortunately, it really is not that simple. An earnings based valuation is designed to value a … Continued
March 8, 2024
Valuation approach – how to manage client expectations
In this latest insight, Becky French from our Disputes, Investigations & Valuations team details the key questions to be asked at the outset to inform the approach when undertaking a company valuation and how to manage client expectations. Valuation approach – how to manage client expectations When undertaking a company valuation, there are a number … Continued
April 5, 2024
Quantuma rescues wine bar chain out of administration
Business advisory firm Quantuma has secured the future of Vagabond Wines Limited (“Vagabond”) in a sale to Majestic Wines (“Majestic”). Quantuma managing directors, Andrew Andronikou and Brian Burke were appointed as joint administrators of Vagabond Wines on 15 March 2024 and traded the business which operated from twelve sites across London, the Southeast and Birmingham … Continued