Insolvency firm warns of more travel company failures

9th January 2017 Commercial Credit Management |

A report coming out later this month will show that nearly four in 10 travel companies are now in ‘significant’ financial distress. Data analysed by insolvency firm Begbies Traynor found 2,679 businesses in the travel sector – thought to be made up of around 7,000 companies – were experiencing significant distress in the last thee…

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Research reveals 61% of invoices from UK SMEs go unpaid

5th January 2017 Commercial Credit Management |

According to a new report commissioned by Amicus Commercial Finance, well over half (61%) of invoices issued by UK small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) remain unpaid within the debtor day period. Of these, almost three-quarters (70%) of firms say they rely on getting paid during their debtor day period to avoid facing a shortage…

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Credit broker appoints liquidators

3rd January 2017 Consumer Collections |

Credit broker specialist firm Loan Link Limited has appointed liquidators. Loan Link was based in Cardiff with it’s main activities were brokering loans and arrears management services for its parent company Nemo Personal Finance. Principality Building Society acquired Loan Link Limited and formed second charge lender Nemo Personal Finance in 2004. In February 2015, second charge lender…

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Insolvency Notices: Winding up Petitions – December 2016

3rd January 2017 Commercial Credit Management |

Winding up Petitions have been issued and advertised in the London Gazette for the following companies: A-CLASS GENERAL BUILDERS LTD ‎ABBEYGATE ROOFING LTD ACE AIR CONDITIONING EXPRESS LTD ADMIRAL LAND & ESTATES LTD ‎AEGIS ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS LTD ALPHA 1 SECURITY SERVICES (G.B) LTD ALPHABET CITY TRADING LTD BRITISH RAILWAYS NORTHAMPTON (L.M.R.) SPORTS AND SOCIAL CLUB ‎BROMSHIRE…

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Insolvency Notices: Appointment of Administrators – December 2016

3rd January 2017 Commercial Credit Management |

Administration notices have been issued and advertised in the London Gazette  for the following companies: A & R ELECTRICAL AND SOLAR SUPPLIES LTD ‎‎A-BELCO PROPERTY LTD ACQUISITION 3953278 LTD ‎ACQUISITION 3957865 LTD ADAMS ADVERTISING & DESIGN LTD ‎ALPHACARE NW LTD APPIANGATE LTD B D MANTELS LTD ‎‎BARKER BROOKS MEDIA LTD BB UK OPERATIONS LTD ‎BLUCHIE LTD…

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Insolvency and restructuring profession concerned about Brexit

29th December 2016 Commercial Credit Management |

An overwhelming majority of insolvency and restructuring experts believe the UK’s decision to leave the EU will lead to a rise in corporate insolvencies in the next year, and that the referendum result has already hurt businesses’ finances, according to a survey of its membership by insolvency and restructuring trade body R3. 72% of those…

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139,000 UK businesses only paying the interest on their debt

13th December 2016 Commercial Credit Management |

139,000 businesses in the UK are only paying the interest on their debt and not repaying the debt itself, according to new research by insolvency and restructuring trade body R3. The number of businesses in this position – equivalent to 8% of all UK businesses – has returned to levels more in line with previous years…

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Thousands of restaurants at risk of insolvency from Brexit

7th December 2016 Commercial Credit Management |

More than 5000 restaurant companies are at risk of insolvency as a result of the Brexit vote and business cost increases. A total of 5,570 restaurant companies have at least a 30% chance of going insolvent within the next three years according to Moore Stephens. Higher costs and stagnating incomes have put a strain on businesses, and…

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Insolvency laws consolidated in new bankruptcy act

1st December 2016 Commercial Credit Management |

Scottish laws on insolvency have been brought together for the first time in a generation as the new Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 comes into force. The Act captures all of the amendments made to the primary legislation governing bankruptcy in Scotland, the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985, including the wide-ranging reforms introduced in April 2015 through…

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Insolvency Notices: Appointment of administrators – November 2016

1st December 2016 Commercial Credit Management |

Administration notices have been issued and advertised in the London Gazette  for the following companies: 07200375 LIMITED 36 ST. JOHN’S WOOD ROAD LTD A-BELCO (HOLDINGS) LIMITED ‎A-BELCO LIMITED A. T. R. MEDIA LTD ‎‎ADNAMS BIO ENERGY LIMITED ALDERDALE FIXING SYSTEMS LIMITED ALISON’S COFFEE SHOPS LIMITED AMERICAN APPAREL (CARNABY) LIMITED ‎AMERICAN APPAREL (UK) LIMITED ARLEY HOMES NORTH…

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Insolvency Notices: Winding Up Petitions – November 2016

1st December 2016 Commercial Credit Management |

Petitions have been issued and advertised in the London Gazette for the following companies: 09232330 LIMITED 09247724 LIMITED ‎1ST RESET LIMITED ‎2 BRIDGE STREET LIMITED ‎519 CONSULTANCY LIMITED ‎A A COM LIMITED ‎A S HANUSCHI SERVICES LTD A1 COMMERCE HOLDINGS LIMITED ‎AB CARRIAGE LIMITED ‎ACCIDENT REPAIR CENTER LTD ‎ADVISORY SERVICES LONDON LIMITED ‎AFFECTIVE LOGIC LIMITED…

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Construction subcontractors feel forced to accept contract terms

30th November 2016 Commercial Credit Management |

Over half of UK subcontractors believe they must accept the terms of contracts with large construction firms, or face the risk of losing future business, according to new research from specialist funder, Bibby Financial Services (BFS). Findings of the Subcontracting Growth survey show that the majority of firms (55%) do not believe they can influence…

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Company liquidation rate at all time low

28th November 2016 Commercial Credit Management |

Insolvency Office statistics reveal that the company liquidation rate in England and Wales is at its lowest level since records began in 1984 and that there has been a continuous downward trend in the rate since 2011. In the 12 months to the end of September 2016, 0.41% of active companies (about one in 244)…

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