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Eight-fold increase in companies on the ropes

by David Jetuah

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22 Jul 2008

Eight times more companies are facing critical problems at the moment compared to the same time last year.

4,258 businesses are now facing winding-up petitions from creditors or county court judgments in excess of £5,000, compared with just 542 in the second quarter of 2007, Begbies Traynor found.

The firm's Red Flag alert also found that quarter-on-quarter, the number of companies facing critical problems increased by 29% the FT reported.

Further reading:

Companies heading for administration jump 16%

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