Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Commercial finance provider, Independent Growth Finance (IGF) has announced the appointment of Neil Kindness as Asset Based Lending (ABL) Director. Kindness has over 30 years’ experience in invoice finance and asset-based lending. Most recently Kindnessl was an invoice finance and asset-based lending specialist at Santander for over four years. Prior to this, Neil also held…
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Build UK, a representative organisation for the UK construction industry, has published information on the payment performance of its contractor members using data submitted under the Duty to Report on Payment Practices and Performance. Identified as a specific action within the recently published Construction Sector Deal, Build UK members have collectively agreed for Build UK to benchmark…
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A new judgment from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) could have significant VAT implications for providers of payment collection services and those that use their services such as charities, healthcare providers and businesses that accept payments by instalments. In the case of DPAS Ltd – a dental plan administration services company…
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Public sector debt collection should not be lagging behind private sector best practice, H&F Ethical Collections said today. H&F Ethical Collections is the joint venture between global credit management firm Intrum and Hammersmith & Fulham Council which was formed in 2017 to reduce the use of bailiffs and improve the treatment of people in debt.…
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Customer late payment continues to hamper the growth of small subcontractors working in the UK construction sector, according to new research by Bibby Financial Services and the Vinden Partnership. Bibby Financial Services research entitled ‘Subcontracting Growth 2018’, revealed that 60 per cent of subcontractors in the UK had suffered from bad debt in the last 12…
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The Insolvency has published the latest business insolvency figures for England and Wales which indicate that total the underlying number of insolvencies decreased in Q2 2018 but was higher than the same quarter in 2017. The Insolvency Service says this was driven by falls in compulsory liquidations, administrations and underlying creditors’ voluntary liquidations. Corporate insolvencies…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has opened a consultation on new rules for loan-based crowdfunding platforms. The changes the FCA is proposing are designed to address the ways in which the loan-based crowdfunding model has developed since the FCA last reviewed the sector in December 2016. The FCA has observed the variety of loan-based crowdfunding business…
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A new report from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) has shown that, on average, each UK household last year spent or invested £900 more than they received in income. The Office for National Statistics said the shortfall amounted to nearly £25 billion and the overspend was mostly paid for with borrowed money, though households…
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Economic research by global trade credit insurer Atradius reveals major shifts in the landscape of the global ICT sector, driven by advancing technologies and changing market conditions. The Atradius ICT Market Monitor reports that in an environment of continuing uncertainty fuelled by the potentially negative impact of Brexit, interest rate increases, currency fluctuations and international…
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Vehicle credit management specialist, Anglia UK, has announced that it has appointed a new Business Development Manager. Nathan Keegan joins the business with some 20 years’ experience in the motor finance industry. Prior to joining Anglia he was responsible for sales at the VW Group’s MAN Heavy Truck Division. During his career, Keegan has also worked…
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The Treasury Committee has published a new report on household finances. In response to the report, MPs have called for greater support to help UK households that struggle financially, to help them deal with debt and encourage saving. The report highlighted that many households are over-indebted and lack a ‘rainy day’ savings buffer and that…
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Recovery firm Andrew Wilson & Co has announced that it will increase the High Court Enforcement Officers (HCEO) team from two to five. Kelly Cookson, 34, Eric Roe, 25 and Joe Hanlon are on course to become three of the youngest High Court Enforcement Officers (HCEO) in the country. High Court Enforcement Officers are authorised by…
Read moreAccountant in Bankruptcy (AiB) has released its latest official statistics reporting company insolvencies in Scotland for the first quarter (Q1) of 2018-19 and final statistics for the 2017-18 financial year. The results show that the number of corporate insolvencies in Scotland fell by 5% in Q1 2018-19 (April-June 2018) compared with Q4 2017-18 (January-March 2018),…
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