Jodie Wildridge, deputy chair of the UK’s insolvency and restructuring trade body R3 in Yorkshire and a barrister at Exchange Chambers in Leeds, said:
“April’s corporate insolvency figures were the highest we have seen since July 2024. Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidations remain the process companies most commonly enter into – and their consistently high numbers reflect the ongoing challenges, high costs and political and economic uncertainty businesses face – and the toll these are taking on their finances and their confidence in their ability to turn their situation around….