Despite the economic impact of coronavirus, the number of formal insolvencies has been remarkably low.
This has largely been due to the financial support provided by the government, but restrictions on statutory demands and winding-up petitions, via the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020, have also played their part.
As part of a general scaling down of government support measures, those restrictions were relaxed from 1 October.
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