Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Latest figures from the Insolvency Service have indicated that personal insolvency numbers across England & Wales decreased by 4.3% compared to Q1 2021’s figures. There were 27,622 seasonally adjusted individual insolvencies in Q2 2021, a fall of 4.3% compared to Q1 2021’s figures of 28,895 and a fall of 13.9% compared to Q2 2021 (32,134).…
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Latest quarterly figures from the Insolvency Service have indicated that business insolvency numbers across England & Wales were 31% higher than in Q1 2021 and 4% higher than in Q2 2020. There were 3,116 seasonally adjusted corporate insolvencies in Q2 2021, an increase of 31.4% compared to Q1 2021’s figures of 2,371 and a rise…
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New research by LifeSearch has found that 14% of consumers have repaid debts in the last six months, rising to 20% of Generation Y (aged 25-39); an average of £319 was repaid per month, totalling £2.4 billion nationwide, and rising to £469 pm among the over 55s. A further 7% have overpaid on their mortgage,…
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One in seven shops is lying empty, with the number rising over the last three months even as the economy reopened, new figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Local Data Company. show. In the second quarter of 2021, the overall GB vacancy rate increased to 14.5%, from 14.1% in Q1. It was 2.1…
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