Business failures up by one-fifth

Sunday 28 March 1999 23:02 BST

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THERE HAS been a substantial rise in business failures during the first three months of the year, according to a survey published today by the information company Dun & Bradstreet.

Business failures are up by more than one-fifth, from 9,185 in the first quarter of 1998 to 11,093 in the corresponding period of 1999. The East Midlands was the worst-hit region.

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