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: 22 June 2009

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Current News
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- Aviemore Highland Resort - in administration and sale of business
- Business lending sees record drop
- Civil Court Users Association - 21 years of talking but the message still does not get through
- New power to allow taxman to deduct up to 2,000 a year from taxpayers' salaries
- A remarkable acceleration in business insolvencies worldwide: +35% in 2009
- USA - Total Bankruptcy Filings Increase Nearly 35 Percent over First Quarter 2008; Business Filings Jump over 64 Percent
- Debt Dupes Dads out of Fathers Day
- Small business group launches www.smallbusinesschannel.co.uk
- TrigoldCrystal adds EuroDebt debt solutions services
- Ratio Money appoints manager to help partner network
- Consultation on measures to help companies in distress
- Credit professionals scale the heights for Macmillan
- Cashflow key to unlock UK business investment
- Callcredit Check Reveals Average Student Debt Repayment Will Take Over 12 Years
- Launch of cutting edge health check monitor for firms by Tenon
- Dairy Farmers of Britain (in receivership) PwC announces sale of five depots saving 172 jobs
- R3 welcomes Calman commission call to change Insolvency Laws without delay
- Insolvency regime reform: CVA extension welcomed but rights of secured creditors flagged
- Business recovery specialist Smith & Williamson has secured the future of two car dealerships in the Midlands
- PKF says 17billion of unpaid tax is only half the story
- Discover Leisure CVA is Passed by Creditors
- VAT accounts for almost half of delayed business taxes
- USA - Experian Introduces Powerful New Portfolio Management Scores That Target Small-Business Risk
- Post-crisis period expected to be marked by the resurgence of country risk and lower global economic growth than in the last decade
- Banks stress need for international cooperation on reform
- CCR-banking launches with July's edition of CCR
- Best In Town Kensington Financial Management Consultants
- ICM plans schedule of regional events for 2010 in place of annual event

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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Risk Management in Banks & the Capital Implications - Jun 22 2009 to Jun 23 2009
Early Warning Signals: Liquidity & Refinancing Challenges - Jun 22 2009 to Jun 23 2009
Introduction to Credit Risk - Jun 23 2009 to Jun 23 2009
Debt Recovery through the Courts - Jun 23 2009 to Jun 23 2009
Advanced Telephone Collection Skills - Jun 23 2009 to Jun 23 2009
Debt Recovery through the Courts - Jun 23 2009 to Jun 23 2009

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

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