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Business failures rise slightly in 2011

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Experian's latest set of figures shows a marginal rise in firms going bust, with failures actually dropping in the IT sector, compared with 2010

25 Jan 2012

UK insolvencies creep up in October

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Latest Experian figures reveal a slight increase in the number of firms going bust as economic pressures continue to mount

01 Dec 2011

Large firms escape business insolvency spike

Firms with 501 or more staff bucked downward trend in July, according to Experian

24 Aug 2011

UK firms missing a data trick

Research from Experian QAS claims mid-sized firms are missing an £8bn potential revenue opportunity

04 Aug 2011

Small companies standing firm in face of insolvencies

Latest Insolvency Index reveals a 0.55 per cent drop in business failures, with smaller companies leading the way

26 May 2011

IT sector bouncing back from the doldrums

Latest Experian figures reveal IT insolvencies dropped 48 per cent in February 2011

07 Apr 2011

Business failures drop for first time in two years

Experian's Insolvency Index reveals 18 per cent year-on-year improvement in business failures

24 Jan 2011

Insolvency stats highlight north/south divide

Figures from Experian show November was much kinder to firms in the south of the country

23 Dec 2010

Late payments improve in IT sector

Firms in IT sector have made a vast improvement in time it takes to settle bills, says Experian

05 Nov 2010

North East hit hardest by insolvency woes

Experian figures urge firms to tighten up procedures despite overall fall in business failures

26 Oct 2010

Business failures fall by a third

UK business insolvency rate continues to improve in July, according to Experian

18 Aug 2010

Late payments ease in Q2

Experian research reveals IT firms are settling bills much earlier this year

03 Aug 2010

IT sector misses out as business failures fall

Insolvency rate among IT firms remains at 0.06 per cent despite significant drop in failures in wider market

19 Jul 2010

Insolvency stats show SMEs are weathering storm

Experian figures show smaller companies are showing greater robustness

22 Jun 2010

Late payments improving, Experian claims

Average time to settle bills has dropped to 20.93 days, market watcher claims

23 Apr 2010

Late payment improvements tail off

However, UK firms are paying late bills 11.6 per cent faster than last year, according to Experian data

26 Mar 2010

Late payments ease as 2009 ends

Experian research reveals 11.8 per cent annual improvement in UK firms' December payment performance

21 Jan 2010

IT firms fare well as UK insolvencies drop

Figures from Experian reveal 15 per cent annual drop in IT companies going bust last month

19 Jan 2010

IT sector is big winner as payment trends improve

IT firms lead the way as Experian figures reveal best monthly improvement in late payments since 2007

29 Oct 2009

Personal insolvencies on the rise in channel

Despite the rate of business failure slowing, personal insolvency is on the up

28 Sep 2009

UK business failures ease in August

Failure rate fell to lowest level this year in August, Experian data reveals

22 Sep 2009

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Date: Thu 17 May 2012

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