Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Aon has agreed to acquire Willis Towers Watson for almost £22.9 billion in an all-stock deal to create one of the world’s largest insurance brokers – a combined value of around $80bn. The company will be called Aon and will retain its operating headquarters in London. Upon completion, existing Aon shareholders will own approximately 63%…
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International debt collection specialist Atradius Collections has appointed a new Country Director for the UK and Ireland. Yvette Gray has taken the helm at Atradius Collections – a business she helped bring to the UK 13 years ago. With industry experience built up over nearly three decades, Gray has been trade credit insurer Atradius since…
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In February, the following administration notices have been issued and advertised in the London Gazette for the following companies: ADVANCED FIRE SOLUTIONS LTD AIM ENGINEERING LTD ALLARD CONSTRUCTION LTD ALYSSUM HOLDINGS LTD API FOILS HOLDINGS LTD API FOILS LTD API GROUP LTD API GROUP SERVICES LTD API HOLOGRAPHICS LTD API LAMINATES LTD API-STACE LTD APPLE…
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Creditors Voluntary Winding-Up – Appointment of Liquidators notices have been issued in the London Gazette for the following companies in February: 08165909 LTD 1 JAC LTD 1A INSTALEC LTD 1ST BED GUEST HOUSE LTD 2 X 2 LTD 389LOG LTD 6 MUSTARD LTD 786 EXPRESS LTD 7985433 LTD A 1 DOMESTICS LTD A A WHOLESALE…
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In February, Winding Up Petitions (Companies) have been issued and advertised in the London Gazette for the following companies: 36 DESIGNER BRANDS LTD A J ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS LTD A J W (VEHICLE SERVICES) LTD A P CONTRACTORS (UK) LTD A.P.D.J. LTD AA HOME GROUP LTD ABBEY HEALTH CARE LTD ABLE STAFFING LTD ABSOLUTE FENCING &…
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Research conducted by Nucleus Commercial Finance, an alternative finance provider, has revealed that nearly four in 10 (39%) of UK SMEs encountered financial challenges over the past twelve months. Of this group, a quarter (24%) of business owners used their personal savings to address financial issues within their businesses, while 27% simply took no action,…
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Late payments from customers are ‘business as usual’ for many small business owners in difficulty, according to new research from the Money Advice Trust, the charity that runs Business Debtline. The free business debt advice service helped more than 52,400 self-employed people and other small business owners last year. Nearly half (45%) of callers to…
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Barclaycard has launched its inaugural SME Barometer, in partnership with YouGov, revealing that UK SMEs performed well last quarter, and are positive about the year ahead. SMEs saw a strong end to 2019, with Barclaycard processing 5.1 per cent more merchant transactions in the fourth quarter (Q4), compared to the same quarter the previous year.…
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Half of UK workers say they wouldn’t store sensitive personal and commercial information in the cloud because of their concerns over security, according to a new report by Invu. The report says cloud security remains by far the biggest concern for businesses. Data back-up and the recovery of lost data was the second biggest concern,…
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A debt collection agency has been wound up after it misled clients over services it had promised to deliver and failed to account for money collected for its clients. Redwood Business Management Ltd, based in Newcastle upon Tyne was wound-up in the public interest on 3rd February 2020 at the High Court in Manchester before…
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Overseas businesses who bought goods and services from UK companies in 2019 paid more invoices late and took longer to settle their bills. The latest MarketFinance Business Insights1 examined over 11,000 invoices to these businesses to understand the trading relationship between UK businesses and the UK’s top ten trading partner countries2 (United States, Germany, Netherlands,…
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Four in ten (37%) small businesses that made successful finance applications last quarter used the sums raised to manage cashflow rather than invest in their firms, according to new figures from Federation of Small Businesses (FSB’s) full Q4 2019 SBI latest report. Fewer than one in four (23%) used finance to update equipment, while even…
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New figures released by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that total asset finance new business (primarily leasing and hire purchase) grew by 1% in December 2019, and by 6% in 2019 to reach a record annual total of £35.7 billion. In December, the IT equipment finance sector continued to report double-digit growth as…
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