Category: <span>Insolvency</span>

Funeral debt rises as funeral costs continue to soar

Funeral debt rises as the average cost of a funeral in the UK continues to increase. According to SunLife Insurance, the cost of funerals has risen every year for the last 14 years, equating to a 122% increase since 2004. In 2019, the average cost of a funeral in the UK stands at £4,271, and…




Consumers vulnerable to aggressive debt collection if their energy supplier goes bust

Customers who owe money to energy suppliers are left vulnerable to aggressive debt collection companies if their supplier goes bust. Since January 2018, 11 energy suppliers have collapsed, including Gen4U, One Select, Future Energy, Spark Energy, Brilliant Energy and National Gas and Power. This has left at least 32,000 customers in debt and at risk…




Tips for encouraging customers to pay on time

Late payments can have a dangerous knock-on effect to your business’ cashflow, as well as costing you time and money to chase them up. The safest way to do business is always to take money upfront. Failing this, it’s important to take whatever measures you can to encourage customers to pay you on time, every…




3 steps to determining a customer’s creditworthiness

If you supply customers with a product or service, then offering a credit facility is a great selling point, but it doesn’t come without its risks. Whilst it is impossible to completely safeguard yourself from non-paying customers, it pays to have a system in place for checking a company’s credentials before you commit to working…




CCJs Issued Against Businesses on The Rise Again

After a long period when the number of CCJs issued against businesses was in decline, the third quarter saw a sharp increase. This suggests that companies are currently far more willing to take their claims as far as a CCJ than they have been for quite some time. 32,629 business CCJs were issued in the…




Recovering Debt from Outside Within the EU

Recovering debt from companies outside the UK is no easy task for the average business owner but despite the popular myth that it is impossible to recover money from foreign companies, the EU does offer similar protections to those in the UK. All this of course may change if the UK fails to reach a…




Are You Struggling with Pre-Action Protocol? We Can Help

It has now been more than a year since the Debt Pre-Action Protocol was rolled out to a less than enthusiastic reception from anyone who has had to chase debtors. The new rules meant that debt recovery was about to get a lot harder in cases where people have been able to exploit obvious loopholes….




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…




Lack of Awareness Of Late Payment Law Could Be Costing You Money

Late paying customers are not only a nuisance, they can also cost your business more than the sums they owe. Fortunately there are laws to protect your business from late paying customers and it is worth reading up on them if you ever need to take advantage. So the first thing to do if you…