How Does Commercial Debt Recovery Work

If you have encountered poor paying customers during the lifetime of your business, then you will be all too familiar with the challenges debt recovery can present, as reaching an agreeable resolution is often a long-winded process. Many business owners find that, despite repeated attempts to recover any outstanding sums

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When Should I Use a Collection Agency?

Debt collection is one of the more difficult aspects of running a business, especially for sole traders and small business owners. When you have provided a service in good faith to a customer and that customer then fails to make payment, this can give rise to a multitude of feelings.

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How To Get Paid On Time

Bad debtors can spell disaster for small businesses, many of which have neither the finances nor resources to employ one or more full time credit controllers. If outsourcing sounds a better option for your business and you would like to learn more about our outsourced credit control services, then we

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How to Chase Outstanding Invoices

According to statistics, a staggering 30% of invoices issued in the UK are either paid late or not paid at all. What’s more, one in five company bankruptcies can be attributed to late payments. So, what can you do to ensure that your business efforts are not hampered by bad

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Why do I need a debt recovery agency?

As a business owner or member of the finance team, you’ll know that commercial debt recovery is a time-consuming process, chasing overdue payments and managing debtors. If you don’t have a specific team or individual to handle debt recovery, you may find late payments are common and your cash flow

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Head of Terms Agreement

A heads of terms agreement is a document that sets out the main terms of a commercial agreement reached between two parties in a transaction. Heads of terms can also be referred to as Letters of Intent or Memorandum of Understanding. Whilst parties often wish to record the fact that

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Benefits Of Outsourced Credit Control

You have a growing business that demands your attention in all sorts of ways – staffing, HR, marketing, administration, networking, budgeting, the list goes on. In addition, you’re working hard to provide a high-quality service or product for your customers. So, for all of this to happen you require prompt

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The Importance of Credit Control For Small Businesses

Credit control is the system your business can implement to ensure credit is only given to customers who can pay you back on time. It’s crucial to get right, if you want to stay on top of your cash flow and reduce bad debts. Good cashflow is crucial for business

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Recovering a Debt for a Plant Hire Company

Our client, a plant hire company, hired out their machinery to a construction company who did not pay them for three months. When the machines used by the debtor were no longer required, they stopped paying. The plant hire company were worried that the issue lay with the construction companies

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Recovering a Debt for a Landscaping Company

A local landscaping company had completed some extensive work for a client. The contract was being fulfilled through instalments as the work was being carried out, with the final balance of £2500 not having paid at the end of the job. The debtor ignored numerous reminders and calls from our

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