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Red alert as number of firms in 'critical' distress soars 78%
Daily Express
|October 31, 2025
THE number of UK businesses in "critical" financial distress has surged as the economy cries out for certainty in Rachel Reeves's Budget later this month.
They rose 78% year-on-year, to 55,530 in the third quarter of 2025, up from 31,201 in the same quarter last year.
Economic uncertainty and inflation are taking a heavy toll, according to the latest Red Flag Alert report from business recovery firm Begbies Traynor. Of the 22 sectors covered by the report, 21 experienced a rise in "critical" financial distress of more than 40% versus the same period last year.
This story is from the October 31, 2025 edition of Daily Express.
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