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Harsh economic winds see more and more businesses going under

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Publish Date
Tue, 11 Nov 2025, 12:15pm
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Harsh economic winds see more and more businesses going under

Author
¾ÅÒ»ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞtalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 11 Nov 2025, 12:15pm

Many businesses that limped through the pandemic are now going under. 

Insolvency practitioners have been reporting a sharp rise in the number of insolvencies since mid-2022. 

Smaller retail, hospitality, construction, transport and manufacturing operators are failing far more now than they were before the pandemic. 

Waterstone Insolvency Principal Damien Grant told Kerre Woodham a lot of businesses are subject to economic winds, which are outside of their control.  

He says we as a country are getting poorer, which means disposable income and things like hospitality are dropping, which is why you see a lot of pain in the hospitality sector in particular.  

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