Insolvencies high in North East and Cumbria
- The PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) survey has showed that the overall number of insolvencies saw the biggest increase in North East and Cumbria, up 70% to 277.
- But the West saw failure levels drop nearly a third to 117.
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