01 Nov 2018
Back in August the shocking news that Mike Ashley's Sports Direct agreed to buy the House of Fraser department store chain for £90m hit headlines. The deal was announced just hours after the 169-year-old chain went into administration when talks with its creditors failed to reach an agreement…
13 Dec 2017
If you are faced with the situation where you have to take one of your clients to Court to recover your unpaid invoices, then it helps to know the legal costs and potential recovery of those costs in bringing a claim. This include but are not limited to: · Court fees ·…
06 Dec 2016
According to Zurich's latest SME Risk Index, over half of Britain's SMEs have problems with late payment, with £225bn in unpaid invoices . These figures highlight the common problem of late payment. Unpaid invoices can have severe consequences for your business. Our approach…
08 Nov 2016
The Forbes Collect team recovered over £46,000.00 in October on behalf of their clients. One of their greatest successes in October was the recovery of just short of £9500.00 for a marketing agency based in London. This particular case resulted in a full recovery for the client plus…
22 Mar 2016
A draft Pre-Action Protocol for Debt Claims was drawn up in September 2014 by the Civil Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC). However, after criticisms and a recommendation by Lord Justice Jackson in his final report reviewing civil litigation costs, the CPRC have been consulting on a new draft Debt Protocol…
12 Jul 2012
The cost of chasing late payments including unpaid invoices and overdue accounts to SMEs has been revealed as a staggering 130 hours by a recent survey. In addition these valuable hours wasted means a loss of business productivity. This can have serious adverse effects on the company's cash-flow and…
05 Nov 2010
1. Know who you are selling to Identifying who you are selling to is not always as straightforward as it seems, but is crucial. Having the correct name and details of your customer makes a successful recovery more likely. In a recent case at the Court of Appeal a supplier of goods was unable to recover…
17 Jun 2010
It is not often that cases dealing with debt recovery reach the Court of Appeal, but on 15 June 2010 judgment was handed down in one such case which serves as a useful reminder of the importance of taking steps to identify who you are selling to. The case concerned a fruit and vegetable supplier. They…
25 Mar 2010
Knowing when to take action The question to be asked in any debt case is "what is the likelihood of getting paid?" An unpaid debt becomes bad when it can no longer be collected. Before any action is taken a cost/benefit analysis should be carried out to decide whether steps should be taken to pursue…
11 Mar 2009
A recent report by credit analysts Experian indicates that the 16,591 business failures in the first nine months of 2008 represented a 22 per cent increase over the same period in 2007. Furthermore, the rate of failure is increasing, with nearly 6,000 failures in the three-month period ending in…
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01 Nov 2018
Forbes Collect
Back in August the shocking news that Mike Ashley's Sports Direct agreed to buy the House of Fraser department…
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