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'No relief in sight': More than 50,000 British firms already in 'critical distress' as Labour plots fresh tax hikes

Daily Mail Money · 21 August 2026 at 07:01

'No relief in sight': More than 50,000 British firms already in 'critical distress' as Labour plots fresh tax hikes

Insolvency experts Begbies Traynor Group (BTG) said the number of companies on the brink has risen 9 per cent in the past year to 53,756.

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'No relief in sight': More than 50,000 British firms already in 'critical distress' as Labour plots fresh tax hikes

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