Insolvency Office statistics reveal that the company liquidation rate in England and Wales is at its lowest level since records began in 1984. There has been a continuous downward trend in the rate since 2011.
In the 12 months to the end of September 2016, 0.41 per cent of active companies (about one in 244) went into liquidation. At the same point last year 0.46 per cent of companies (one in 215) had collapsed into liquidation in the previous 12 months.
Economic conditions are the major factor in acquisitions rate fluctuations. In times of negative economic growth, liquidation rates tend to rise. In the year to March 1993 (just over 12 months after the 1990s recession ended) the liquidation rate was at its highest level at 2…
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