Christmas excess boosts insolvencies

Christmas excess boosts insolvencies

Grant Thornton predicts Christmas stretch will be too much for 10,000 overstretched consumers

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Almost 30,000 individuals are set to become insolvent in the first quarter of
2007, almost 10,000 of them as a result of excessive Christmas spending,
Grant Thornton has said.

There were a record number of personal insolvencies in 2006, set to hit
100,000
for the first time ever.

Mike
Gerrard,
head of GT’s personal insolvency practice, said: ‘I think
insolvencies will carry on rising for a while yet, although they may well start
to plateau at the end of this year. Some people have been struggling with debts
for a while and excessive spending at Christmas could push them over the edge.’

Further reading:

Insolvencies
rocket in 2006

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