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how to help small businesses survive and become more sustainable

Written by Monomita Nandy, Reader in Accounting and Finance; Director of Internationalisation, Brunel University London

The number of companies in financial distress has spiked in parts of the UK to the highest level since the 2007-8 global financial crisis laid waste to the global economy. The latest government figures show that in August more than one in ten UK businesses reported a moderate-to-severe risk of insolvency (being unable to pay...

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