Welcome to the Business Credit News UK - Weekly Snapshot Newsletter

Editor John Arnold - E-mail: jarnold@creditman.co.uk
Site: Business Credit Management UK
URL: http://www.creditman.co.uk
Dated: 02 March 2009

At icm09 the ICM officially launched QiCM - Quality in Credit Management - an award recognising good practice in credit management.

For more details on QiCM and how your business can apply for this prestigious award, email tech@icm.org.uk




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Current News
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- icenet Integrates with Specialist Credit Reference Agency LendProtect UK
- Real-time Insolvency E-Alert
- Credit insurance still a genuine option for UK firms despite criticism
- Hays and ICM deliver enhanced recruitment services to ICM members
- Lack of awareness leads to slow uptake of the government small business loan guarantee scheme
- Statement from Receiver-Managers to Stanford International Bank Limited and Stanford Trust Company Limited
- Shergroup wins top credit industry award
- The Credit Today Awards 2009 celebrates its 10th Anniversary
- Target Loan Servicing wins Park Motor Finance loan servicing contract
- Industry leading icm09 award winners announced
- Tenon's launch new website
- Spice Bakery Limited Acquires Baker & Spice Ltd
- Managing your VAT accounting
- The FPB names and shames two leading alcoholic drinks companies for imposing changes to payment terms and conditions on their smaller suppliers
- January figures for the main high street banks
- Liquidity proposals even more important in light of HBOS revelations
- Loss Of Income Or Redundancy Forces 1 In 5 To Ask For Help
- Making Hay While the Sun isn’t Shining?
- Nine In Ten Brits Sleep Through Money Worries
- VAT Rate Change Not Helping SMEs
- In A Shrinking Economy Some Act Like Downsizing Is The Only Answer
- Investor enquiries for Stanford International Bank Limited and Stanford Trust Company Limited
- Retail store credit bucks the trend, says FLA
- Finance for SMEs hit by economic downturn
- Launch of Recession Survival Package
- New MD for ICC in the UK

To read the complete story on these and to submit your news items please go to the News Section

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New Articles
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- Making Hay While the Sun isn’t Shining?

- In A Shrinking Economy Some Act Like Downsizing Is The Only Answer

To read these and many other free Articles on Credit Management please go to our Articles Section

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International Credit Reports
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Did you know we supply credit reports at discounted prices on companies around the world?

Reports are available in our International Credit Reports Section

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Up Coming Events
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Insolvency - The Rising Tide - Mar 3 2009 to Mar 3 2009
The Wessex Branch of the ICM Annual General Meeting - Mar 4 2009 to Mar 4 2009
How to be a Credit Management Consultant to your Company - Mar 5 2009 to Mar 5 2009
Effective credit control techniques - Mar 5 2009 to Mar 5 2009
Tracing the Gone-Away - or have they? - Mar 5 2009 to Mar 5 2009
Advanced Credit Risk - Mar 5 2009 to Mar 5 2009

For the full details on these and other events and to add yours to our database please go to our Events Section

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New Links
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