Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
New research from Begbies Traynor shows that 329,834 UK companies were experiencing “Significant” financial distress at the end of Q2 2017, a 25% increase from Q2 2016 (263,517 companies), representing the largest annual increase since Q2 2014 and the largest number of corporates experiencing significant distress in at least 5 years*. The Red Flag Alert…
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19% of estate agents in the UK currently exhibit warning signs that indicate they are at risk of going insolvent according to the latest research by Moore Stephens. The research shows that 4,928 estate agents out of a total 25,560 are showing signs of financial distress. Online estate agencies such as PurpleBricks, House Simple and…
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FRP Advisory has strengthened its north of England operation with the merger into the partnership of BWC, the Yorkshire and Teesside-based, independent, corporate recovery and insolvency specialists, bringing into the group all of its 16 staff including three partners and four directors. Led by founding partners Gary Blackburn and Paul Whitwam, David Willis, Martyn Pullin…
Read moreMoody’s Corporation has announced today that it has received clearance under the EU Merger Regulation from the European Commission to acquire Bureau van Dijk, a global provider of business intelligence and company information. Moody’s announced that it had agreed to acquire Bureau van Dijk on May 15, 2017. In accordance with the terms of the transaction, Moody’s expects the…
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Business information specialist, Creditsafe, has announced the addition of 16 countries across the Middle East and North Africa to its global platform. Businesses will now be able to gain instant online access to credit reports for companies in countries including: Bahrain, Benin, Burkina Faso, Congo Kinshasa, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine (West Bank and…
Read moreThe latest results Insolvency statistics from The Insolvency Service for Quarter 2 (April to June 2017 (Q2 2017) reveal that total company insolvencies increased in Q2 2017, primarily caused by 1,131 connected personal service companies entering liquidation on the same date following changes to claimable expenses rules. The estimated underlying number of company insolvencies fell…
Read moreThe latest results Insolvency statistics from The Insolvency Service for Quarter 2 (April to June 2017 (Q2 2017) reveal that total individual insolvencies decreased in Q2 2017, driven primarily by a decrease in individual voluntary arrangements, which decreased from a record high back to the level seen in 2016. Commenting on the statistics Joanna Elson…
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The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is to partner with leading law firm Ascent in order to provide a new dedicated debt recovery service for its members. Ascent will offer the FSB’s 170,000 strong membership a range of debt recovery services aimed at helping them tackle the issue of late payments, including free solicitors, demand…
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Equita has announced that it has appointed Bev Osborne to Equita in a new position as Senior Client Services Manager. Osborne has held leadership roles in a Utility, Capital One and Nottingham City Council (latterly Nottingham Revenues & Benefits Ltd) as the Business Manager for Revenues. Osborne has a track record of consistently delivering against and…
Read moreThe latest high street banking data from UK Finance shows that consumer credit growth was 1.9% in June, compared with 2.1% in the previous month. Gross mortgage borrowing totalled £13.0 billion in June. Net mortgage borrowing was 2.6% higher than a year ago. Eric Leenders, Head of Personal at UK Finance said “June saw consumer borrowing from high…
Read moreMore Scots have accessed statutory personal debt solutions, with numbers increasing from the recent low levels in 2015-16. In the three months between 1 April and 30 June 2017, total personal insolvencies, which include awards of bankruptcy and protected trust deeds, increased by 17.3% from 2,420 in the same quarter a year ago to 2,839.…
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The number of Scottish businesses becoming insolvent or entering receivership dropped by almost 25% compared to a year ago, according to figures from Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB) for the first quarter of 2017-18. Compared to the first quarter of 2016-17, there were 200 corporate insolvencies, down from 265 – a drop of 24.5%. The figure…
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Smith Cooper has announced the appointment of Andrew Stevens as an Insolvency Director. Stevens’s career, spanning 29 years, is built on advising distressed and underperforming owner managed businesses in the SME market and for the last 15 months, he has been involved in his own boutique Insolvency Practice. In his new role at Smith Cooper, Andrew…
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