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Why Time Is Precious In Debt Recovery
A common issue when businesses decide to pursue their customers for unpaid bills is the amount of time that has passed before they get to that stage. Some businesses might leave it for more than a year before they decide to pursue debtors and this often creates some ambiguity into what rights a company has…
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Debt Recovery Just Got Tougher For Businesses
…At least when it comes to recovering money owed by individuals and sole traders following the introduction of a new set of rules introduced this month to ‘speed up’ up the debt recovery process. For anyone who isn’t aware, the new Pre-Action Protocol for Debt Claims came into force this month (1 October). The new…
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3 Top Tips To Help You Recover Debts
Being owed money is an unfortunate side effect of doing business for many company owners and recovering them can cause further pain when the process becomes a long, drawn out affair, which is often the case with bad customers. So help you recover you debts as quickly as possible here are 3 top tips to…
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Why SMEs Should Claim Late Payment Interest
A recent report from Siemens Financial services has revealed that late payments are costing UK SMEs £250 billion pounds worth of liquid cash flow. This reveals the extent of the ongoing problem of late payments which can in some cases cripple businesses with cash flow issues which can result in insolvency. With cash being the…
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Common Late Payment Excuses And How To Deal With Them
If you have been in business for anytime, the chances are you will have heard at least one, if not all the following excuses for late payment. Should you just believe what your customer says or take some early action before the situation gets out of hand? “I can’t pay you until my customer has…
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Advice On Chasing Payments From Your Customers
No matter how good your relationship is with your customer, a refusal to pay what is owed amounts to them hanging on to money that rightfully belongs to you. If everyone took advantage of a service then refused to pay for it then then the economy would grind to a halt so non-payment is a…
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Why Should You Write Off Debt?
All too often in business you hear stories from business owners say they had to write off a debt that went unpaid even though their client or customer is able to walk off into the sunset and benefit from all the hard work they put in. So are they doing the right thing? Should they…
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Should You Use A Debt Collection Company If You Are A Sole Trader?
The number of self-employed individuals working as sole traders has increased dramatically in recent years as technology has brought new freedoms to work self employed doing a greater variety of jobs than ever before. Self-employment is no longer confined to tradespeople and high flying consultants it is just as easily available to people with all…
