Begbies Traynor expecting more insolvencies
James Salmon, Operations Director, 20/12/18.
Begbies Traynor, Britain’s biggest insolvency specialist, expects corporate failures to continue rising next year, as continuing Brexit uncertainty and the tough high street climate take their toll.
Begbies Traynor’s profits and revenues were up in the six months to October on the back of a 6 percent increase in corporate insolvencies in the prior year.
But he expects failures to keep growing in the coming months as uncertainty around Brexit and a drop in consumer confidence puts pressure on companies’ cash flows
Ric Traynor, executive chairman, said insolvencies had risen across the board, admittedly from a very low base, but were particularly prominent in retail, construction and hospitality as well as the heavily fragmented logistics sector, where some businesses “are functioning from hand to mouth”.
Ric Traynor, said the rise was from a “very low base” after insolvencies fell to their lowest level in 2004.
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James Salmon, Operations Director, 20/12/18.
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