Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Allianz Trade has predicted that business insolvencies will rise by 37% this year with the UK is set to become the first big European economy to reach pre-pandemic levels of corporate insolvencies. The research suggests the surge in insolvencies will be driven by the withdrawal of Covid support schemes, rising commodity prices, supply chain disruption,…
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Knights has announced that it has agreed to acquire Coffin Mew, a leading independent law firm in the South East. With a 130 year history operating in the South East of England, Coffin Mew is a leading independent law firm based primarily in Portsmouth with offices in Southampton, Brighton and Newbury. The acquisition brings 102…
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Latest figures from Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB) have indicated that business insolvency numbers (liquidations and receiverships) in Scotland increased in April. In April 2022 there were 92 company insolvencies registered in Scotland, 142% (2.4 times) higher than April 2021 but 10% lower than in April 2019. The insolvencies comprised of 17 compulsory liquidations, 73 CVLs,…
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Latest statistics from the Insolvency Service have indicated that Northern Irish business insolvencies increased whilst personal insolvency figures declined in the latest monthly figures round-up for April. In April 2022 there were 13 company insolvencies registered in Northern Ireland, 2.6 times as many as in April 2021, but 32% lower than April 2019. This was…
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Latest figures from the Insolvency Service have shown that the number of business insolvencies in England & Wales decreased by 6% in April 2022 to a total of 1,991 compared to March’s total of 2,119, and increased by 115.2% compared to April 2021’s figure of 925. Business insolvencies were more than double the number registered in…
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Latest quarterly statistics from the Insolvency Service have shown that Northern Irish business insolvencies increased by 273% whilst personal insolvency figures also rose slightly. The figures indicated that there were 56 company insolvencies in Northern Ireland in Quarter 1 2022 (Q1), nearly four times higher (an increase of 273%) than in the same quarter of…
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Latest quarterly figures from the Insolvency Service have indicated that the number of business insolvencies in England & Wales rose to its highest levels since 2012. The figures show that there were 4,896 company insolvencies registered in Q1 2022, 6% higher than the number of company insolvencies registered in the previous quarter and more than double…
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Latest figures from the Insolvency Service have shown that the number of business insolvencies in England & Wales increased by 39.4% in March 2022 to a total of 2,114 compared to February’s total of 1,517, and increased by 111.6% compared to March 2021’s figure of 999. The increase in company insolvencies was driven by an…
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Compulsory liquidations of struggling businesses have increased by 76% from 139 to 245 in the last three months according to new research by Mazars. The company predicts that there will be even more liquidations are expected in the next three months as the last temporary government measure to protect companies from insolvency during the pandemic…
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More than half a million people are working at small companies which are at heightened risk of insolvency, according to analysis by Quantuma using Clarity’s proprietary insolvency propensity model. Companies faced with late payments, rising prices, higher taxes, the fallout from Brexit and pandemic-related staff shortages, around 6,500 SMEs are at higher than average risk…
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In March the following administration notices have been issued and advertised in the London Gazette for the following companies: 157 US LTD 2 FR LTD 20 – 24 (FB) LTD 28 FL LTD 28FSM LTD ACM ACOUSTIC ENGINEERING LTD ADAPTIVE MODULES LTD ANGLO CHINESE PROPERTY CORPORATION LTD ANIL ESTATES LTD ARIA DEVELOPMENTS LTD ARNAOUTI PITTA…
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In March Winding Up Petitions (Companies) have been issued and advertised in the London Gazette for the following companies: 05638092 LTD 4PROPERTYUK LTD A & L GENERAL BUILDING LTD A1 RESTORATIONS LTD ACS MAX LTD AIRLINE MAINTENANCE TRAINING LTD ALBION FABRICATIONS LTD ALLIANCE BRICKWORK LTD AMANAH BB CENTRE LTD ANCHOR HOUSE CONSTRUCTION LTD ARCADIA ALIVE…
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Latest figures from the Insolvency Service have indicated that the number of business insolvencies in England & Wales more than doubled year-on-year last month, with 1,515 business insolvencies in February. The increase was 121.2% compared to February 2021’s figure of 685. They were also 12.6% higher than in February 2020 (1,346). The increase in company…
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