Shake-up at Euro Sales Finance

On 9 April 2001, Euro Sales Finance (ESF) announced that it was examining with its lead banks ways in which its funding position could be improved.

London Business Failures Surge

Business failures in London rose by more than 50% in the first quarter of the year compared to the previous year. This is to be taken in the context of the most favourable business figures for Britain as a whole since 1998.