Examinership ‘saves 2,700 jobs’

Nearly 2,700 jobs will have been saved this year by companies opting for examinership as a way of trading out of their difficulties, new estimates suggest.

According to the latest quarterly SME Examinership Index from leading accountancy and insolvency consultancy firm, Hughes Blake, 832 jobs in SMEs were saved through examinership this year.

An additional 1,410 jobs were saved by the process in large companies, with another 449 counted as of year end.