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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Business
Holly Williams

Company failures will stay high amid surge in wage bills, warns Begbies

Insolvency specialist Begbies Traynor has warned that higher wage bills and prospects for fewer interest rate cuts will keep company failures at high levels, as it revealed its own cost hit from the recent Budget (Alamy/PA) -

Insolvency specialist Begbies Traynor has warned that higher wage bills and prospects for fewer interest rate cuts will keep company failures at high levels, as it revealed its own cost hit from the recent Budget.

The group said it is set to face an extra £1.25 million a year from next April after the Chancellor last month announced moves to hike employers’ national insurance contributions.

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