Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Jim Tucker and Richard Beard of KPMG LLP were appointed joint administrators of American Apparel (UK) Ltd and American Apparel (Carnaby) Ltd The companies run the UK retail and wholesale operations of the US branded high street fashion retailer American Apparel. The UK business trades from 13 stores. American Apparel’s brand and US business is…
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Continued declining confidence in the manufacturing sector is the driving force behind three successive quarterly falls in overall economic confidence, according to the latest barometer from the credit services sector. Manufacturing closed down 2.3 points to 54.9 in Q3’s results from the Credit Managers’ Index which is run by the Chartered Institute of Credit Management (CICM). This is the…
Read moreAppointment of Administrators Notices – October 2016 Administration notices have been issued and advertised in the London Gazette for the following companies: 3 C’S LOGISTICS LIMITED AFOD LIMITED AIC STEEL LIMITED AKULA FURNITURE LIMITED AMF SYSTEMS LTD ANDEVA UNDERWRITING AGENCY LIMITED ANDREW PAGE LIMITED ASCOT CABLE LTD ATRUL REALISATIONS LIMITED AUM CARE LIMITED BANK CHARGE REFUNDS LIMITED…
Read moreNew proposals made by HMRC risk innocent businesses that unknowingly get caught up in VAT frauds being heavily fined, says UHY Hacker Young. HMRC plans to fine businesses up to 30% of the VAT due, and to ‘name and shame’ them for trading with companies that commit VAT fraud, even if they were unaware of…
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Research by Opus Restructuring has revealed that administration business rescue procedures are ineffective in over two thirds of cases. Using data and analytics supplied by Company Watch, Opus reviewed the outcomes of 4,581 Administration cases in England & Wales which started in the past five years. Almost 2,000 of the Administrations remain in progress. Out of the…
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The Insolvency has published the latest Insolvency statistics between July & September. The key finding from the statistics was that total company insolvencies were slightly higher than the previous quarter and also increased on the year. The trend for the past year has been broadly flat. Andrew Tate, president of insolvency and restructuring trade body…
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British SMEs are owed more than £586billion in outstanding invoices, according to a Business in Britain report from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking. The average small business is owed more than £108,000 in unpaid invoices, an increase of 8 per cent since the last Business in Britain report in January 2016, with almost a third of…
Read moreJ&P Credit Solutions, the specialist Debt Recovery division of solicitors practice Judge & Priestley LLP, has strengthened its senior management team by appointing Mark Bailey to the newly created role of Director of Collections. Bailey will be responsible for enhancing and growing J&P Credit Solutions’ pre-litigation offering. He will also work to integrate pre-legal collections activity…
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Confidence in the UK’s economy has fallen again, being driven primarily by a steady decline in manufacturing, according to preliminary results from the Chartered Institute of Credit Management’s (CICM) latest quarterly barometer. Early indications from Q3 of the Credit Managers’ Index (CMI) show a third consecutive quarterly fall in the index’s headline figure, representing a worrying trend. The…
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Sharon Walker has joined North West law firm Napthens as debt recovery manager. Walker, a Chartered Legal Executive, will be based in the firm’s Preston office. She joins following almost ten years’ experience in the recovery of debt from individuals and businesses, working for companies including Marsh Finance Ltd, Bolton-based Keoghs LLP and Ralli Solicitors in…
Read moreEquita & Ross & Roberts have both been awarded with the accreditation ISO 10002 for their quality Customer Satisfaction Management Systems and are the first enforcement agents to be granted this accreditation by certification body, QMS international. Neil Smith, Managing Director of Equita & Ross & Roberts, said: “I am delighted to have achieved this…
Read moreAppointment of Administrators Notices – September 2016 Administration notices have been issued and advertised in the London Gazette for the following companies: 247 TRANSPORTER LTD LSC 4CHILDREN (TRADING) LTD A-B-A-C-U-S FRANCHISING COMPANY LTD AAC MECHANICAL & ELECTRICAL LTD ACORN SHIPYARD LTD ALAN KIRKHAM LTD ALATAS ENGINEERING LTD ALBEMARLE SHOREHAM AIRPORT LTD AUTO FUEL FIX…
Read moreWinding Up Petitions (Companies) Notices – September 2016 Petitions have been issued and advertised in the London Gazette for the following companies: 13LAB EDITION LTD ABBEY ROSE INVESTMENTS LTD ABBEY SURFACING AND CONSTRUCTION LTD ABLE BUSINESS SERVICES CLEANING SOLUTIONS LTD ADCOCK CONSTRUCTION LTD ADVANCE ROBOTIC TECNIK LTD AFFORDABILITY SOLUTIONS LTD AGA LONDON LTD AGWM LTD…
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