Category: Avoiding Debt

  • Ways to Pay Solicitor Costs When Pursuing a Claim

    If a client or customer stubbornly refuses to pay their debts, then you will have no option other than to take legal action but this will come with costs if you use a solicitor to work on a debt recovery case. Depending on your individual case, the following options may be available to you… Paying…

  • Is Your Client Too Big to Fail?

    There is a certain amount of comfort to having larger business clients you tend not to get from dealing with smaller more volatile businesses. This often comes from the false belief that this sort of client is too big to fail. Unfortunately, this belief can be misplaced leading to complacency and lack of planning for…

  • Taking Your Client to Court Over Debts

    Legal proceedings are not to be taken lightly and even more so when it comes to debt recovery and there are pros and cons to be considered when it comes to recovering the money a client owes you. To put it bluntly, taking your client to court is pretty much guaranteed to destroy the relationship…

  • Don’t Give Up Chasing That International Business Debt

    With all this talk of Brexit you can be forgiven for thinking anything involving international business is fraught with red tape and hostile foreign nationals out to get us. In some cases you may be right and it can be much more difficult to recover debts from customers abroad than here in the UK. To…

  • Should You Use Social Media To Get Your Invoices Paid?

    There is little doubt that social media has brought about revolutionary changes in the way we communicate with each other. Even the US president uses it as a way to communicate his thoughts about other world leaders and the issues of the day so does that mean it’s ok for business owners to use it…

  • Should You Be Prepared To Do A Deal With A Late Paying Client?

    There are a multitude of reasons why a client doesn’t pay an invoice from simply being an oversight to an attempt to cheat you out of money that is rightfully yours. So in what circumstances should you be prepared to make a deal over an unpaid invoice? This decision is a difficult one to make…

  • Don’t Get Caught Out By Business Fraudsters

    The vast majority of clients you may have dealings with in business will be reasonably honest and trustworthy. but a small minority can cause you problems you may not have anticipated when taking them on. Here’s 5 siple tips on how to avoid those types of businesses and save yourself from having to pursue them…

  • The Simple Way To Reduce Your Risk of Not Getting Paid

    The amount of debt written off by business every year in the UK is eye watering but the risk of having your own business suffer can be reduced by a simple thing that is often over looked in small businesses – effective credit control. Of course no business can avoid problem customers. Even the most…