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Kick-start your legal career with a day of expert sessions designed for first-year law students. Learn how to navigate the path to qualification, understand the law firm landscape, and start building the skills firms look for.
- Wed, 18 Mar
- 13:00-18:00 GMT
- First Year Law Fair
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60 seconds of... businesses going bust

From the decline of the British high street to misguided mergers and acquisitions, there are lots of reasons why a business might go bust.
We saw this recently when airliner and travel tour company Thomas Cook went into compulsory liquidation and ceased trading on 23 September.
Have a watch of our latest video to find out some of the reasons why businesses go bust.
Ultimately, it's a really important area of commercial awareness—commercial lawyers will need to examine a business in the context of any issues that could have led it to difficulties. pa Keep track of the fluctuations in the business world by reading our weekly AllAboutLaw blog:
Use your new-found commercial awareness to submit a vacation scheme application.
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