By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – A record number of companies in England and Wales agreed with their creditors to cease trading during the final quarter of 2021, after COVID support for businesses and protection against court insolvency proceedings was phased out. The total number of corporate insolvencies in England and Wales rose to its highest since the third quarter of 2012 at 4,627 on a seasonally adjusted basis, after sinking to the lowest since 1989 earlier in the pandemic at around 2,400. Creditors’ voluntary liquidations (CVLs) – the most common type of insolvency, and one which w…