Savants Restructuring enters administration

15th November 2021 Business | #insolvency

Savants Restructuring and Savants Covenant Advisory have appointed Quantuma to oversee their own administration with immediate effect. The company has ceased to trade with immediate effect, after Adrian Duncan, a sole practitioner and Director of Savant, had his insolvency licence withdrawn by the Insolvency Service. Carl Jackson and Michael Hall of business advisory firm Quantuma…

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Danske Bank reprimanded over Bounce Back loans

15th November 2021 Business Lending | #business lending

Danske Bank has been reprimanded by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) over the treatment of some small businesses applying for Coronavirus Bounce Back loans, having required up to 205 firms to open business accounts to access a loan. The CMA said this meant the firms faced new fees, warning that the practice restricts customer…

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Credit & Collections Technology Think Tank review

15th November 2021 Arrears and Recoveries | #technology

Credit Connect’s hosted its inaugural Credit & Collections Technology Think Tank at the beginning of November in Manchester which saw credit and collections strategies and the impact of the pandemic discussed by sixteen professionals from a variety of industry sectors at the Midland Hotel in Manchester. The themes of credit and collections risk, affordability, vulnerability…

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Late payments by retailers at highest-recorded levels

Late payments by UK retailers are at the highest-recorded levels, according to research by Sidetrade. The analysis found that almost a quarter (23%) of UK retail company invoices were deemed overdue in October. The research revealed that the proportion of invoices left unpaid* by UK retail companies in October 2021 hit an all-time high since…

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