Navigating Increased National Insurance Costs: A Focus on Cash Flow and Effective Debtor Management

The recently announced Autumn Budget 2024 has highlighted key financial challenges for UK businesses, particularly with the increase in National Insurance (NI) contributions. For many businesses, higher NI costs mean a significant uptick in operational expenses, creating pressure on cash flow and forcing leaders to seek alternative funding sources.

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Unveiling Charging Orders: How They Strengthen Debt Recovery Efforts

As a debt recovery specialist, I understand the challenges creditors face when attempting to recover outstanding debts. Charging Orders can be a game-changer, providing a legal means to secure debts against a debtor’s property. If you’re ready to enhance your debt recovery strategy, read on and discover the potential of Charging Orders. And remember, I’m…

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7 Useful Tips For When A Customer Goes Bust

Big or small, we could all face that sickening notion when one of our Customers gets pulled into some sort of insolvent triangle. The kind that means you can’t get in to take out what you’re owed. “I’ve gone bust” “We’re shut, go away.” “We have entered into liquidation/administration” “We’re about to go bust, but…

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How to avoid debt collectors showing up at your door

There are countless articles out there explaining what you can do when a Debt Collector/High Court Enforcement Officer turns up on your doorstep. (Whether they appear at your front door or at the office.) … but what can you do to avoid them showing up in the first place? This information seems to be very…

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Company Directors Behaving Badly – Part 2

In last week’s blog I talked about the actions Creditors could take in relation to the Companies Act 2006. This week, I’ll be covering why the CDDA (Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986) was brought into contention, and the restrictions that can be imposed on fraudulent directors. This 2014 article from the Financial Times shows the…

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Company Directors Behaving Badly – Part 1

Over the next couple of weeks I’ll be looking at Creditors rights. What they can do to keep on top of their credit checks and what restrictions are placed on Directors who continue acting without making changes. This week I’ll be exploring what Rights Creditors actually have. For businesses large or small in respect of…

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