New surge in bankruptcies are 8 thousand in the first half – Corriere della Sera

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Milan , September 23, 2014 – 10:49

     
     
 

It does not stop the running of the failures in Italy . Between April and June, more than 4,000 companies have opened bankruptcy proceedings, marking an increase of 14.3% over the same period of 2013′s double-digit growth the default port over 8 thousand share when you consider the entire semester, an increase of 10.5% compared to the already high level of the previous year and record the beginning of the time series dating back to 2001 These are the latest figures released by the Cerved. “We are going through a very delicate phase for the system of Italian SMEs – comments Gianandrea De Bernardis, CEO of Cerved -. The new recession is pushing out of the market even companies that had successfully passed the first phase of the crisis and that they are paying the bill to the credit crunch and a question for too long stagnant. ”

The worst lies with services that count an increase of 15.7%, a sharp acceleration from the first half of 2013 continue, though with the slower pace, the procedures in the construction and manufacturing: the failures of construction companies grow in the first six months of 2014 by 8.2% (+12.8% in 2013), while for manufacturing enterprises, the increase was 4.5% ( + 10.5% in the first half of last year).

Calanus questions agreed in white: between April and June were 665, 52.2% less than the same period last year. “This half-life is the effect of corrective legislation introduced in September 2013, and, in particular, the possibility for the courts to appoint a judicial commissioner who monitors the conduct of the debtor. This was followed by a sharp decrease in the agreed plan include that in the first six months of 2014 decreased by 12.3% compared to the first half of 2013. ” The lower utilization of this tool is also reflected in other non-bankruptcy procedures, which in the first six months of this year registered share 1,4mila procedures, 12% less in the first half of 2013 this decline does not involve all areas of ‘ economy: in fact continues, the rise of the procedures in construction, up 4.4% compared to the same period of 2013 instead decreases with double-digit rates in the number of procedures is not bankrupt the industry (-22.1%), both in services (-12%) in which, however, we observe the largest number of open procedures during the period, more than 700

The reduction applies to all areas of the country : in the first half decreased the procedures in the South and the Islands (-15.7% compared to the first six months of 2013), area where he observes the lower number, and in the North East (-20%); less pronounced decline in the North West (-8.6%) and Central (-4.3%). Voluntary liquidations in the first half have voluntarily decided to close its business activities 32,500, a decrease of 10.3% compared to the same period of 2013 is reversed after a long period of increase of the phenomenon, which were the first signs in the first quarter of the year. The decline of the payments covers all types of companies, all economic sectors and all geographies. The reduction is particularly strong in industry (-18.8%) and Central (-22.4%).

September 23, 2014 | 10:49

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