HC Deb 27 October 1983 vol 47 c178W
12. Mr. Ralph Howell

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what improvement there has been in the financial position of companies during the last year.

33. Mr. Beaumong-Dark

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what improvement there has been in the financial position of companies during the last year.

51. Mr. Forman

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what improvement there has been in the financial position of the corporate sector during the last year.

Mr. Moore

In the first half of 1983, the gross trading profits of all industrial and commercial companies were some 25 per cent. above the level for the corresponding period in 1982. According to the latest Department of Trade and Industry survey of company liquidity both the liquidity ratio—total current assets as a percentage of total current liabilities—and the net current assets ratio, expressed at 1975 prices, are now at their highest level since the second quarter of 1979.