Financial Times Article RatingNumber of UK business owners voluntarily closing hits highest since pandemic
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4% Center
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55% ReliableAverage
- Policy Leaning
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The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
52% : The number of UK entrepreneurs voluntarily shutting down viable businesses has hit the highest rate since the pandemic, with advisers blaming rises to tax rates for the jump in liquidations.49% : Voluntary closures -- known as members' voluntary liquidations -- reached 12,602 in 2024-2025, the second highest on record after the 14,929 liquidations that took place in 2020-2021 during the height of the pandemic.
45% : Matt Howard, head of the insolvency and recovery team at Price Bailey, said: "Tax rises together with economic headwinds are pushing more business owners to explore their options for taking cash out.
44% : The expectation of further tax increases later this year have persuaded some of them to 'cash in their chips' while current rates remain available.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.
