Coronavirus pandemic leads to more UK business closures - and start-ups

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Britain’s coronavirus pandemic has led to widespread business closures but also a surge in start-ups as entrepreneurs sought to capitalize on a boom in online shopping, according to data

FILE PHOTO: People walk during the morning rush hour in the financial district of Canary Wharf amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in London, Britain September 28, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville

The figures showed a 37% rise in business closures and a 24% increase in start-ups compared with a year earlier, both the biggest changes since the data series began four years earlier. But accommodation and food services businesses made up an unusually small share of closures, despite being hit hard by lockdowns since March last year. The ONS said that might reflect the government’s emergency support measures for those sectors.

 

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