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Tag: Business Failure

What Is A Dormant Company?

February 23, 2024

By Oliver Davey

A dormant company is a registered business that is no longer active but retains the legal status of a business. …

What Happens If You’re Made Bankrupt?

February 4, 2022

By Sebastian Duncan

Bankruptcy is a legal status that usually lasts for a year and can be a useful way to clear debts …

Common Reasons Why Businesses Fail

December 14, 2021

By Sebastian Duncan

For business owners, one of the most common and predominant fears is that their business will become a failure. Not …

Tragedy to triumph: How starting a business changed the lives of these entrepreneurs

August 7, 2019

By Praseeda Nair

Entrepreneurship may be the modern-day answer to stoicism. These business owners share how they quietly but surely overcame adversity, including depression, debilitating disease and bankruptcy by starting their own businesses against all odds.

How BASIC financial due diligence could have prevented the FYRE Festival failure

February 11, 2019

By Praseeda Nair

Forget marketing. Basic due diligence can save investors, employees and creditors time, money and self-respect. These are the lessons from the FYRE Festival failure.

Ultimo going bust isn’t just a lazy pun – it’s lazy marketing

April 13, 2018

By Staff writer

Launch marketing expert James Roles outlines the major business lessons from the collapse of British lingerie brand Ultimo.

New year claims fashion retailer Bank as its first casualty

January 5, 2015

By Hunter Ruthven

Clothing retail chain Bank have called in administrators Deloitte after “struggling in a highly-competitive industry”, putting 1,555 employees at risk.

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