Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Ryan Maginess, director of Camereye Contracts, has been disqualified from acting as a director of a limited company for ten years. Maginess was the sole director of the company. The disqualification followed an investigation by the Insolvency Service and was ordered at Edinburgh Sheriff’s Court. The disqualification began on 11 January 2018. The investigation found that the company…
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The number of debt decrees registered against Scottish businesses fell to a record low during 2017, according to figures released today by Registry Trust. There were 2,192 decrees issued against businesses in Scotland during 2017, 38 percent fewer than the previous year. The fall in decrees registered, coupled with a 58 percent decrease in the…
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The Government’s focus on increasing tax through VAT is creating cash flow problems for businessesaccording to new research from Funding Options. Businesses are normally required to pay the VAT they owe once they invoice customers, rather than after they receive payment for their services. Corporation Tax, on the other hand, is only charged once a…
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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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The 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 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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Britain’s complex tax system has caused a rise in the number of companies collapsing because of their debts to HMRC, according to a report. HM Revenues & Customs has emerged as the largest single creditor in 65% of cases where a business has been liquidated, a Freedom of Information request by Enterprise Tax Consultants has…
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The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has warned an EU-wide ban on preventing credit card charges from being passed on to customers presents a “double-edge sword” for small businesses and called on policymakers and businesses to work together to bring down the charges. UK companies will no longer be able to pass on the fees…
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Nine companies which had provided services to directors of insolvent companies, have been placed in provisional liquidation. The actions follow an investigation by the Insolvency Service The companies names Rigil Kent Acquisitions Ltd; Rigil Kent Corporate Acquisitions & Turnaround Ltd; Rigil Corporate Rescue Ltd; Rigil Kent Group Ltd; RK Acquisitions Ltd; RK Corporate Rescue Ltd;…
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SMEs could for the first time be paying a higher effective rate of tax than bigger businesses, according to research by Moore Stephens. The effective rate of corporation tax* paid by SMEs (businesses with a turnover of less than £25m) was 21.7% in 2016. This is higher than businesses with a turnover of more than £1bn,…
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The proportion of UK companies which are only paying the interest on their debts – one of the signs of a so-called ‘zombie’ business – has dropped to 3% in December from 5% in April this year, according to research by R3. The proportion of businesses only paying interest on their debts – equivalent to…
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The HMRC has announced that taxpayers will no longer be able to pay their tax bills by credit card. A letter sent out to taxpayers last month confirmed that HMRC would “no longer accept payment by personal credit card”. Coming into force from 13th January, the ban leaves those completing their annual tax returns just eighteen…
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