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What Do You Need in an Application for Credit?

If you’re applying for credit, it’s important to make it easy for the person looking at your application. They’re only human, and if you catch them on a hard day with an application that’s difficult to follow, they may simply decide to reject it, rather than try to make sense of what you’ve sent. All About Your Business Whether your business is a company or a sole trader, remember to giv
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Speaking of Bailiffs

A happy Easter and/or Passover to you — whichever you celebrate. We’re now at the start of the new tax year, and I hope you’ve made a resolution to start it by minimising both the debt you owe and the debt you’re owed. Strong, effective systems can help with both, but if you have difficulties recovering money that’s owed to you, you’re very welcome to get in touch with SJ Collections. Ne
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Trouble Ahead for Small Businesses?

One the great successes that’s bucked the trend of recession and austerity over the past decade has been the small business sector. Apart from a brief dip after the Brexit vote, the FSB’s (Federation of Small Businesses) confidence has been positive for the last five years. All that seems to be changing, though. The Small Business Boom Since the crash of 2008, things haven’t been easy for business, or for their emplo
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Private Consultants and the Digital Court

The sudden and dramatic collapse of Carillion has thrown into stark relief the whole system of outsourcing public contracts to a few large companies. Even before Carillion’s collapse, though, many experts were nervous that planning for crucial reform of the court system appears to be largely in the hands of these same giant contractors. Digitising the Courts The court system in England and Wales has never been so ove
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You Might Be Surprised Who the Biggest Tax Dodgers Are

Tax evasion and avoidance are big news these days, and most of us associate them with the multinational corporations and super-rich celebrities we read about in the news. But HMRC recently revealed who the biggest culprits are — SMEs. SME Tax Evasion HMRC estimates that they’re owed a total of £5.2bn in evaded tax payments, and of course those are only the debts they know about. Tax evasion, unlike tax avoidance, is
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Debt Collection or Enforcement — What Are the Differences?

Many people who aren’t involved in the process of recovering debts, as I am, may be confused about the various ways of approaching it. In particular, debt collection and enforcement — what are they, and how do they relate to one another Debt Collection A debt collection agency (DCA) is used when direct attempts to get payment aren’t working. Some will buy the debt from you, often at a knock-down price, and then recov
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Late Payments — Are Your Customers using You as a Bank?

Are you a supplier of services or goods, or perhaps a landlord? If so, the chances are you’re being used as an unofficial bank. Maybe you think that’s not you. Well, maybe it’s not, if everyone pays you on time as soon as the payments are due, but then you’re in a very small minority. Late Payments Statistics show that most SMEs are being paid as and when it suits their debtors, and that their aged debts have increas
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New Technology to Make Rent Collection Easier

Most landlords are familiar with “that” tenant — the one they’re constantly having to chase up for overdue rent. Recent research suggests that 68% of landlords have experienced problems with rent arrears and late payments, but a new application could make it harder for tenants to miss payments, while at the same time rewarding the more conscientious among them. Late Payments Many tenants will once or twice in their t
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Insolvency or Court Proceedings for Debt Recovery?

Court proceedings to recover money you’re owed are not only slow but also expensive. The fee — from £455 to ££10,000, depending on the size of the debt — has to be paid upfront, which can be difficult if the debt has left you short. And this doesn’t mean the process goes any quicker. First you have to obtain a court judgement that you’re entitled to the money. Then, if the debtor still doesn’t pay up, you have to pur
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Personal Debt Growing

  Personal debt fell sharply in the wake of 2008’s financial crisis, but figures from 2016 show it’s growing again fast. Mortgage borrowing and unsecured loans have risen, with the average household owing a record figure of £12,887 even without mortgages. Record Household Debt Both the British Bankers’ Association and the TUC have highlighted sharp rises in personal debt in the closing months of 2016, with the B
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