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The number of companies which became insolvent in the fourth quarter of 2008 jumped by 51 per cent, providing further evidence of the deteriorating UK economy as the recession starts to bite.
Figures from the Insolvency Service show around one in every 150 actively traded companies went into liquidation in 2008. The number of compulsory liquidations and voluntary liquidations for companies in England and Wales jumped by 24 per cent to 15,535 in 2008.