The increase was reported by R3, the UK’s insolvency and restructuring trade body, which analysed data from Creditsafe.
The data revealed a rise in insolvency-related activities from 172 in January to 212 in February.
These figures include administrator and liquidator appointments, as well as creditors’ meetings.
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The South East reported the sixth highest number of insolvency-related activities in the UK, behind Greater London, which had 463, the North West with 359, East Anglia at 313, the West Midlands with 285 and Yorkshire and Humberside at 223.
Every region saw increases, except for Northern Ireland.
Interestingly, the number of…
