Category: Debt Collection

  • 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…

  • Is It Time to Recover Those Historical Debts?

    Most successful businesses will have to deal with write offs at some point and for some it can be a regular problem in every financial year. Write offs happen when a business simply writes off unpaid invoices because pursuing payments is seen as not being worth the effort or it will end up costing more…

  • 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…

  • Should You Offer Your Late Paying Customer A Payment Plan?

    In an ideal world all of our clients would pay us on time and in full. Unfortunately sometimes this isn’t the case for all sorts of reasons some of which may be legitimate while others are simply delaying tactics. Telling in the difference between the two can be hard but as a general rule you…

  • 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…

  • Top Tips To Help Freelancers Get Paid On Time

    Freelancers are often overworked and underpaid because they lack all the support a fully fledged business will have in dealing with the financial aspects of a business. The freelancer will not only be doing the work, they will also be required to be their operation’s collection department, accountant and salesperson all in one. This of…