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Insolvencies fall, but sharp rise expected

20.10.09
The number of firms in financial distress has fallen sharply in recent months — but this could be the lull before the storm, Begbies Traynor said ... more

Citigroup sounding alert on supermarkets as prices fall

02.10.09
Lessons from across the pond are not always relevant but here’s one that might turn out to be a timely early warning. Severe food price falls in the United States are likely to have a major impact on supermarket earnings in the States and a similar flood of cheaper food here could be the signal to get out of the UK supermarket sector ... more

UK recovery hopes grow as pain eases

14.07.09
The UK economy showed tentative signs of stabilising if not recovering, as the Bank of England weighed up whether to print more money to drive demand... more

Boom time for Begbies as more firms go bust

09.07.09
Insolvency and turnaround specialist Begbies Traynor is, not surprisingly, benefiting from other companies’ misfortunes ... more

Brown-Darling power struggle casts a shadow

09.06.09
The one glimmer of hope to emerge during the latest "worst week" for Gordon Brown and the Labour Government is a sign that the economy is staging something of a fightback ... more

Begbies looks to recession lift as insolvencies surge

04.06.09
Insolvency specialist Begbies Traynor today warned its bulging profits will be lower than many in the City hope, but forecast a flood of new business in the coming years as the recession grinds companies into the ground ... more

Insolvencies 'will run into next decade'

05.12.08
One of the country's busiest insolvency firms expects the avalanche of businesses going bust to continue well into the next decade... more

2000 firms in South-East on the critical list

21.07.08
The number of companies in London and the South-East whose problems are deemed "critical" is piling up, insolvency firm Begbies Traynor is warning... more

It's time to bid farewell to Fannie and Freddie

17.07.08
You may not have heard of the Federal National Mortgage Association, or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, but if you haven't heard of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the nicknames for these two vast businesses, you certainly will... more

So who is going to beat the squeeze?

10.07.08
Some will rise and some will fall... Which services are analysts predicting to beat the credit squeeze?... more

...but credit crisis is good for business at buoyant Begbies

09.07.08
The insolvency company had to issue a profit warning in December but has since seen revenues soar... more

S-E is bearing brunt of crunch

29.04.08
The credit crunch is hitting business in London and the South-East harder than anywhere else in Britain... more

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