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: 06 April 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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- USA - Kaulkin Ginsberg Launches Search Tool Specifically for the Debt Collection Community
- Mann Construction Limited in Administration
- VAT Bad Debt Relief - HMRC accepts revised treatment
- More creditors willing to adopt formal pay deals
- Manufacturing business failures set to increase to 52 per cent this year, but will stabilise in 2010, says latest report
- Jobs Saved as Aldershot Print Business Sold
- 62 Staff Made Redundant at Historic Carlisle Textile Firm
- 127 Year Old Rossendale Textile Firm Calls in Administrators
- Appointment to Southampton Leisure Holdings plc
- British business forced to abandon the banks
- TMA (UK) membership soars as recession bites
- Nine year ban for Director of Care Homes Group
- Total Control Systems in Administration
- Two Right Feet Limited t/a Two Left Feet (the Company) in administration
- Anglian Water chooses Experian to manage customers in arrears
- Entertainment Rights plc sold
- USA - Q109 M&A Activity in the Accounts Receivable Management Industry Led by Industry Players
- Redundancy Threat Now Hangs Over 13 Million UK Workers
- Cross-border co-operation is key message at TMA's 2nd European Conference
- Flexible funding boost for family-run food business
- Innovative Voice CRM Solution Helps Severn Trent to Recover £3 million in Unpaid and overdue Bills
- Warning of insolvencies in the logistics sector
- Businesses given more time to pay business rates
- Consumables division of B & P Lightbrigade Group Limited sold
- Sumfield and Day Limited in Administration
- Visteon UK Ltd (in administration) (“VUK”)
- Joint administrators’ statement on Dunfermline Building Society
- Experian appoints Managing Director for UK Business Information division
- Administrators confirm Land of Leather store closure plan
- April tax hikes will add pressure on business cash-flow
- CreditSafe Launches New Ratings Model
- Law firms to allow non-lawyer partners
- MCR appointed Administrators for toiletries wholesaler and distributor, Vitality Group Limited
- A solution for reduced credit limits
- New Pre Action Protocol
- A solution for reduced credit limits
- PayOffline provides Clarity with a Clear Payment Solution – www.payoffline.com
- Asian Expansion Top Priority for Banks’ Growth Plans Reveals SunGard-Sponsored Study
- G20: Wrong diagnosis, wrong cures

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

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Up Coming Events
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Personal debt solutions - debt counselling, a way forward - Apr 8 2009 to Apr 8 2009

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New Links
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Update of the civil procedure rules at http://www.justice.gov.uk/civil/procrules_fin/pdf/preview/cpr_update_49_PD_amendments.pdf
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New Articles
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- Getting what you pay for – top tips for buying a business by R3, the trade body for insolvency practitioners.
- 7 Cost-Effective Ways for Business Leaders to Improve Communication and Collaboration by Greg Jerralds (www.ProfitInnerCircle.com).

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


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