Dutch bankruptcies fall as 266 companies go under in July

The number of corporate bankruptcies in the Netherlands declined in July, with 266 companies going under. That was 33 fewer than a year earlier, representing an 11 percent decrease, according to Statistics Netherlands. The bankruptcy rate also fell in July, dropping to 7.1 bankruptcies per 100,000 companies, compared with 8.1 a year earlier. The bankruptcy…

Kingswinford drink firm JL Drinks enters liquidation

JL Drinks Ltd, which traded under the name of Virtus Brands, traded from Multipark Pensnett in Kingswinford (formerly known as The Pensnett Trading Estate). Following resolutions approved on July 29, Laura Anne Walshe, of Keywood Group Limited in Birmingham, was appointed liquidator to oversee the company’s voluntary winding-up. No jobs have been affected by the…