Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Creditors Voluntary Winding-Up – Appointment of Liquidators notices have been issued in the London Gazette for the following companies: 05655331 LTD 07763245 LIMITED A & L ELECTRICAL LTD A M W NORTH EAST LTD A MELIA TRANSPORT LIMITED A. W. BYRNE (CONTRACTORS) LIMITED A.I.M.S SUPPORT SERVICES LIMITED ABC PRODUCTION SERVICES LIMITED ACCELERATE DIRECT LIMITED ACTIVE START…
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The Government’s BEIS Select Committee has launched an inquiry into SME Finance supply chain bullying and small business productivity. Commenting on the launch, Stephen Pegge, Managing Director of Commercial Finance at UK Finance, said “SMEs play a key role in driving innovation, productivity, employment and economic growth across the UK which the finance sector is…
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New research has found that many UK businesses are working under double standards in regards to late payment. Most companies demand prompt payment from their customers, they don’t commit to this with their own suppliers. Most businesses are part of a supply chain and all transactions are interconnected; so if suppliers are not paid on…
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The Insolvency Service has released its latest statistical release on business insolvency. The statistics show: In the last Quarter of 2017 Company insolvencies increased because of a bulk insolvency event, but the underlying number of company insolvencies decreased. The underlying number of company insolvencies increased in 2017, driven by a rise in creditors’ voluntary liquidations. All…
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Four out of five finance professionals have said that their department is not keeping pace with the rest of the organisation’s digital transformation plans, leaving them struggling with productivity, cost and efficiency issues, according to new UK research among senior finance and IT executives. IT which most commonly leads digital transformation said finance was the…
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Zopa, has announced the appointment of three new hires to its Executive team. The new hires come at a significant time in Zopa’s growth as it moves towards launching its next-generation bank. Steve Hulme has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Hulme joins from Tandem Money where he was CFO for the last two years. Before…
Read moreThe Government should extend the use of project bank accounts for all major public projects to ensure that businesses are protected against catastrophes, like Carillion’s collapse, happening again.In a letter to David Lidington, Minister for the Cabinet Office, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has urged the Government to adopt the practice which would see money for…
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More than a quarter of all invoices are being paid late, according to new official statistics, leaving small businesses struggling for cash. The average reported time to pay was 38.97 days with just over half (51.71%) paid within 30 days. A third (33.02%) were paid between 31 and 60 days, and 15.25% were paid later…
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The number of Scottish companies going out of business also continued to fall with total corporate insolvencies also down by 3.8% according to latest figures from Accountant in Bankruptcy (AIB). Total corporate insolvencies dropped from 210 to 202 compared to the same quarter a year ago. The figure for Q3 of 2017-18 is made up…
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Accountant in Bankruptcy (AIB) has published its latest figures which have shown a drop in numbers of sequestrations in the third quarter of 2017-18. Fewer Scots have been made bankrupt in comparison to a year ago. In the third quarter of 2017-18 – between October and December 2017 – there were 1,089 awards of bankruptcy, a…
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New research by Dun & Bradstreet has highlighted that late payments are having an adverse affect on British enterprise, with 11 percent owed more than £100,000. In a survey of more than 500 managers at companies ranging from two to 250 employees, The research found it is putting the future at risk for 58 percent…
Read moreThe Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today launched a consultation on plans to give more small businesses access to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). This follows a review of the protections available to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as users of financial services. At the moment only individual consumers and around 5.5 million micro-enterprises (the…
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Business Secretary Greg Clark has welcomed a decision by several banks to set up funds to support small businesses affected by Carillion’s insolvency. Lloyds Banking Group has launched a £50 million fund, HSBC a £100 million fund and RBS has made £75 million of assistance available. It follows a meeting held by Greg Clark yesterday with banks where…
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