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Insolvency rate is highest for six years – The Times

Tabby Kinder

The average family spent £900 more than they earned last yearMATT MORTON/PA

The number of personal insolvencies in England and Wales has hit a six-year high as consumers are squeezed by high inflation, modest wage rises and growing levels of debt.

There were 28,951 people declared insolvent in the past three months, a jump of 27 per cent on the same period last year and up 4.4 per cent on the first quarter of this year.

The Insolvency Service, a government agency, said insolvencies had risen steadily since 2015 and were now at the highest quarterly total since the start of 2012. It said the increase was driven by a record number of people taking out individual voluntary arrangements, a means of managing debt in which debtors a…

Read the full article at: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/insolvency-rate-is-highest-for-six-years-3kwnjhd8m

Category: BankruptcyBy Insolvency GuardianJuly 28, 2018

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Insolvency rate is highest for six years – The Times

Tabby Kinder

The average family spent £900 more than they earned last yearMATT MORTON/PA

The number of personal insolvencies in England and Wales has hit a six-year high as consumers are squeezed by high inflation, modest wage rises and growing levels of debt.

There were 28,951 people declared insolvent in the past three months, a jump of 27 per cent on the same period last year and up 4.4 per cent on the first quarter of this year.

The Insolvency Service, a government agency, said insolvencies had risen steadily since 2015 and were now at the highest quarterly total since the start of 2012. It said the increase was driven by a record number of people taking out individual voluntary arrangements, a means of managing debt in which debtors a…

Read the full article at: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/insolvency-rate-is-highest-for-six-years-3kwnjhd8m

Category: BankruptcyBy Insolvency GuardianJuly 27, 2018

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