Increase in Devon companies in financial distress

“In Devon, the number of firms in ‘significant’ financial distress rose by 15 per cent to 4,289, whilst in Cornwall there was a 19 per cent rise to 1,911. In the wider South West region, there were 22,074 firms in ‘significant’ financial distress – up 16 per cent on a year earlier”.

http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Begbies-Traynor-warns-rising-number-Devon/story-28550075-detail/story.html