Consultation has just closed on proposals by the Communities and Local Government Secretary, Greg Clark, that add up to a double whammy for illegal immigrants and rogue landlords. The government wants private sector landlords to take on the responsibility of policing access to rented homes by checking the immigration status of prospective tenants. There’s quite a big stick to make sure they do the job properly, too.
What can’t you do online in 2015? Pay your bills (check), do the weekly shop (check), book a holiday (check), find romance (check, if you’re lucky!). But try settling a small dispute with another business and you’ll find that there is no simple form to complete on the laptop or smartphone during a few snatched minutes of downtime. Instead you will need to enter the antiquated – and often lengthy and confusing – world
Ask SJ Collections for a Credit Report on a new customer. Confirm who is responsible to authorise payment. Ensure that you fix a credit limit on your customers account and adhere to it. Check your debtors list on a regular basis, we suggest weekly. Always supply a copy of your Terms and Conditions, when credit is applied for. Discuss your options with SJ Collections when a customer’s payment habit changes. Alwa
This year, we’ve been celebrating the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, and one of the key principles of that historic document was the guarantee of universal access to the justice of the courts. Until recently, that access has been maintained, with almost every substantial town in England and Wales having its own county and magistrates courts. Over the last parliament, the government closed a significant numbe
A guide to alternative business finance Setting up a business and funding it while it takes its first, unsteady steps in the world can be an expensive proposition. As it grows and becomes more resilient, a successful company will begin to be able to stand tall on its own 2 feet, but the initial infancy can be resource intensive. Traditionally, a business in need of finance walked into a bank and asked for it. Today,
There was good news on the economy in the government’s quarterly insolvency figures for April to June, published recently. Fewer companies are going out of business than at any time since late 2007, and the total number of individuals who became insolvent was at the lowest level since the third quarter of 2005. The statistics cover England and Wales and show that a decrease in compulsory liquidations was the main dri
Ever thought of selling your business? Perhaps you’d like to spend more time on the golf course or, more likely, you wonder if that might open up growth opportunities for your company. Then I’d recommend reading a series of articles in a recent newsletter from the Academy for Chief Executives about how to go about the process, or first to ask if it’s really the right step to take. The advice comes from an outfit who
Hi my name is Stanley Silver of SJ Collections Limited my speciality is debt collection or as some people would say debt recovery. No job is too small, no job is too large, so if you’ve got a problem anywhere along the lines of cashflow give me a call. A few words with me I’ll be able to give you some advise and hopefully I’ll be able to help. That’s Stanley Silver from SJ Collec
I don’t want to spoil your holiday, but can your business manage without you for a while? It’s probably not so much of an issue for a one-man band or a partnership, or even the family corner shop, where you can literally put a ‘gone fishing’ sign in the window, shut up the shop and take off for a couple of weeks of well-earned rest. These days, mobile phones, the internet and laptops have made it easier to keep in to
Over twenty years experience in Debt Collection and Credit Control at your service. The worst thing you can do about collecting slow and overdue accounts is: "NOTHING"