Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
CVR Global has appointed Simon Lowes to its partner team. Lowes is a licensed insolvency practitioner with more than 30 years of experience in the insolvency and business recovery sector. He joins Matthew Fox as CVR Global’s second partner based in Southampton. Matthew Fox, Partner at CVR Global, said: “Simon is a highly experienced insolvency practitioner who…
Read moreResearch from Funding Options has announced that the number of businesses whose assets were seized by the HMRC in order to settle outstanding debts grew sharply in the last year is up 145%, from 649 in 2014/15 to 1,592 in 2015/16. Funding Options adds that HMRC seized assets to recover £42.6m of outstanding debt in the last…
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Creditsafe has announced the opening of its first office in Asia. Headquartered in Tokyo with operations based in Fukuoka, it is the firm’s 18th global office. In addition to setting up its operation in Japan, Creditsafe is also planning to extend its global database to offer UK businesses information on more than 12 million publicly traded…
Read moreUHY Hacker Young has announced the appointment of Martin Jones as a new Partner in its London audit and assurance team. Laurence Sacker, Managing Partner of UHY Hacker Young, says: “We are delighted to have Martin join the UHY Hacker Young team at our London office. Martin’s specialist knowledge and international experience will be highly valuable…
Read moreThe construction sector saw the highest number of company insolvencies in the first quarter of the year, despite numbers falling year-on-year, latest data from the Insolvency Service has shown. In total 672 construction firms went bust in England and Wales between January and March, outstripping other sectors such as the ‘wholesale and retail trade; repair…
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Figures released by the British Business Bank following a Freedom of Information request by the Press Association has found that a third of the public money lent to start up businesses has become bad debt. The Start Up Loans scheme has seen £72.4 million worth of loans written off or fall into default since the programme was launched…
Read moreCreditsafe, has added 18 countries across Europe and Asia to its global platform. Businesses will now be able to gain instant online access to credit reports for companies in countries including Afghanistan, Belarus, Cambodia, Iceland, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. The new international reach will see Creditsafe increase its information database by 21% to over…
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The British Bankers’ Association (BBA) has added Just Loans Group to it’s associate membership. Just Loans becomes the first alternative commercial lender to join the association. Just Loans Group Chief Executive Officer John Davies said “I don’t believe that traditional banks and alternative lenders are in competition with each other as they share the common aim…
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The Asset Based Finance Association (ABFA) has reported that the total amount of lending UK businesses secured through invoice finance has passed the £20.3 billion barrier, up 5% from £19.3 billion last year. The amount of Invoice Finance and Asset Based Lending secured by UK businesses has risen by over a quarter (27%) over the…
Read moreResearch by Barclays Business has found that up to £550 million is lost every year by SMEs forgetting to pay in or losing cheques written to their business. Of those that have lost or forgotten to deposit a cheque, two in five (38%) admit to doing it only on one occasion, however one in five…
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United Trust Bank has appointed Richard Murley as its new Chairman
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IGF has appointed Richard Spielbichler as ABL Director for the North West whilst Jeff Greenfield joins as ABL Director for North London and the Home Counties.
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