Businesses in Greater Manchester have been caught up in a wave of liquidations across the UK - which started even before lockdown measures were officially introduced.
That’s according to an analysis of public notices placed in The London Gazette - the official public record. There is a delay between liquidators being appointed and notices being published in The Gazette This means we can’t yet tell how effective the government's package for businesses has been at stopping the rise in liquidations.
However we do know that at the very least, 54 Greater Manchester businesses have entered liquidation since Boris Johnson’s press conference on March 16, and 17 of those came after March 20 - the day the Chancellor announced his package of support.