A CUMBRIAN law firm has produced a free guide to help businesses through the economic downturn.

The guide offers advice on how to protect against a customer becoming insolvent, and alternative cost-saving measures to redundancy.

Explaining the decision to produce the guide Andrew Hill, partner in the Carlisle-based firm, said: “Many businesses are having to make difficult decisions and because cashflow is tight there may be some reluctance to instruct professional advisers.”

Copies of the guide are available by emailing cca@baineswilson.co.uk and putting the word guide in the subject bar.