Retail sector on high alert as company insolvency rates – Retail Gazette (blog)
Experts have warned that the retail industry is on high alert following the release of 2017 insolvency figures, which revealed rising liquidation rates. According to The Insolvency Service, 17,243 companies entered insolvency in 2017, rising 4.2 per cent year-on-year. This was driven by an 8.3 per cent rise in creditors voluntary liquidations (CLVs) in which…