Bankruptcy rate rises 7% in 2008

The number of companies which went bankrupt last year rose 7% to 3,824, according to new figures from the national statistics office CBS.


The rise was particularly sharp in the last two months of the year, the CBS said. Transport companies were notably hard hit.

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