Rate of business insolvencies steadies despite double dip recession

Brian Solis The End of Business as Usual

New data shows that the rate of business insolvencies has steadied despite the UK economy’s dip into a second recession.

The data, supplied by Experian, shows that the North East of England, a region that has traditionally been one of the hardest hit for insolvencies, was the best performing region recording a significant improvement in failure rates, declining from 0.22% of its business population in March 2011 to 0.14% in March 2012.

This was the biggest year-on-year improvement of any region. The rate for the country overall was 0.11%.

The health of the business community in the North East – measured using an

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