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During 2005, more than 18,000 limited companies failed (liquidation, receivership, administration or voluntary arrangement). In the final three months of 2005, 4,501 businesses failed--an increase of 7 percent, compared to 4,193 in the fourth quarter of 2004.

What links all these failed companies, and those whose suppliers are forced to take legal action to recover debts, is that there are usually telltale signs indicating that a business is in trouble. Signals of impending insolvency include poor cash flow; adverse registered information, such as County Court Judgments, poor director or proprietor track record; and outgoings that exceed the company's income. In ...

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