{
  "id": 16729597,
  "title": "Number of UK businesses in financial distress ‘at two-decade high’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/number-of-uk-businesses-in-financial-distress-at-two-decade-high",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-27T09:01:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/27/number-of-uk-businesses-in-financial-distress-at-two-decade-high-budget"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Administrator BTG says 738,144 firms struggling as calls grow for more support for private sector in budget Business live – latest updates The number of UK businesses in financial distress has hit its highest level in more than two decades, as pressure grows on the chancellor to provide more support to the private sector in Wednesday’s budget . There were 738,144 businesses in “significant”…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}