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Business energy supplier. CNG Energy has announced they are ceasing to trade after almost three decades supplying power to non-domestic customers. The company, which served around 41,000 businesses, is the sixth supplier to exit the market so far this week and the 22nd to enter the supplier of last resort process this year. Under Ofgem’s…
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Over a third of businesses (32%) spend up to 75% of their time chasing overdue debts when that time would be better spent in advising their sales teams on who to do business with or not in the first place. An online survey conducted by Debt Register, a digital payment platform, found that almost a…
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Latest figures from the British Retail Consortium have shown that shop vacancy rates have stabilised after rising for three years The figures indicate that the rate was 14.5% in the third quarter, the same as the second. While no UK regions saw an increase, the vacancy rate is still at a record high. The proportion…
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Latest figures from the Insolvency Service has shown that ehe number of businesses in England and Wales that there were 3,765 seasonally adjusted business insolvencies in Quarter3 2021, an increase of 16.7% compared to Q2 2021’s figures of 3,226 and a rise of 43.5% compared to Q3 2020 (2,624). The Insolvency Services says that teh…
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced the extension Recovery Loan Scheme to 30th June 2022 as part of his latest budget announcement. Commenting on the budget Chirag Shah, CEO of Nucleus Commercial Finance, said “Today’s Budget demonstrates the government’s commitment to supporting British businesses. The extension of the Recovery Loan Scheme will provide SMEs with a…
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New data from Begbies Traynor Group has found that UK corporate debt soared by £1.9 trillion in 2020 to £6.6 trillion, and 52% of UK businesses are now saddled with ‘toxic debt’ that may never be repaid. The analysis of 3 million tax returns by the restructuring and insolvency specialist, discovered that 2020 accounts show…
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Despite a big increase in the amount of borrowing by businesses since the start of the pandemic, only 11% of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) say they are worried about their current level of business debt, according to new research from Lloyds Bank Business. The research, which polled SME business owners and decision-makers right across…
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Credit Connect has confirmed the line-up for next week’s Credit & Collections Technology Awards which takes place at the Midland Hotel in Manchester next Thursday (4th November). The awards are judged by a panel of industry experts who have reviewed technological excellence in four different categories sections: creditor and lender, collections and recoveries, applied technology, and…
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Despite the turbulence of the last year, UK businesses are continuing to make positive strides towards technological innovation. This has been highlighted in fresh analysis of four years of data from Visma | Onguard’s Fintech Barometer, which shows that number of organisations planning to undertake a digital transformation strategy within the next 6 to 11…
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County Court Judgments (CCJs) against businesses in England and Wales rose by 70 percent in Q3 2021, compared to the same quarter in 2020, according to figures released by Registry Trust. The number of business CCJs increased from 15,970 in Q3 2020 to 27,073 in Q3 2021. The total value of CCJ debt owed by…
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The number of decrees and total amount of debt registered against Scottish businesses was almost unchanged, at 523 compared to 525 in Q3 2020 according to latest figures by the Registry Trust. The total value rose by one quarter, from £2 million to £2.5 million. As a result, the average value rose by 26 percent,…
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The number and total value of judgments registered against Irish businesses rose significantly in the last quarter according to new analysis by The registrar Irish Judgments. The number of judgments registered was up by three quarters, from 78 in Q3 2020 to 137 in Q3 2021. The total value owed in Q3 2021 was €3.7…
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The number of businesses in England and Wales that failed last month was the largest since the pandemic began, with Insolvency Service data showing that 1,446 company insolvencies were logged in September. Business insolvencies increased by 7.2% in September 2021 compared to August’s figure of 1,349, and increased by 55.8% compared to September 2020’s figure…
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