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Editor John Arnold - E-mail: jarnold@creditman.co.uk This week's issue of the Business Credit News UK is brought to you in association with the Institute of Credit Management (ICM) 
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Telephone 01780 722907 or email training@icm.org.uk ================== Current News ================== - Barry Knight joins Smith & Williamson - Collapse of the Laurel Pub Group and Fresh Express - Coface Holding’s 36% rise in net income boosted by factoring and international expansion - Quest Holdings International partners with Experian to establish a Credit Bureau in Kenya - Begbies Traynor Secures Sale of Aurora Colours - Euler Hermes serves final notice - Knock-on effect of higher inter-bank lending will put more strain on UK's small firms - Employee behaviour key to improving information security new survey finds - The Typical Victims of Identity Theft - VAT- Bad Debt Relief- Tribunal Win for Vantis - Expanding team welcomes Money - Private equity welcomes credit crunch consequences as 'long overdue' - Alliance Boots Ltd is the latest company to be named and shamed by the FPB for squeezing its smaller suppliers by extending payment terms - Sale of Carter and Carter by Administrators - ID please - Nearly 3 in 10 Brits have fallen victim to identity theft within last 3 years - Research shows rising credit and interest rates are hurting small firms - Vehicle Marketing Company Meets its Match - The lights go out for market trader - Prolonged financial market freeze and rising inflation make for 'bumpier ride' in the next two years - CBI - Gross lending declines in February - UK must learn valuable lessons from US response to global financial crisis - Experians Jill Stevens to retire - High Court closes Ticket companies To read the complete story on these and to submit your news items please go to the News Section ================== Up Coming Events ================== Fraud,Asset Tracing & Recovery - Mar 31 2008 to Apr 1 2008 Retail Banking in Northern Ireland Conference - Apr 1 2008 to Apr 1 2008 Collections for Utilities - Apr 3 2008 to Apr 3 2008 How to Motivate and Enlighten your Collections Team - Apr 3 2008 to Apr 3 2008 Practical Collection Skills for Difficult Debts - Apr 3 2008 to Apr 3 2008 Advanced Credit Risk - Apr 3 2008 to Apr 3 2008 For the full details on these and other events and to add your events to our database please go to our Up Coming Events Section ================== International Credit Reports ================== Did you know we supply credit reports at discounted prices on companies around the world? Reports are available in our International Credit Reports Section ================== A Selection from Last Week's Insolvency Notices ================== Advertised Winding Up Petitions All Seasons Catering LimitedAND Construction Ltd Brand Trading Limited Brayton Industries Ltd Bruce Jones Productions Limited Construction People Limited Consulting Recruitment Limited Downs Court Properties Ltd Drycroft Limited Easy Marketing Limited Euro-Camps (UK) Limited Fleet Management Facilities Limited Globe Logistics Limited KTS Impex Limited Multiquip Doncaster Limited Newlife Construction Limited Outsourcing Advisors Limited Prime Focus London Limited Rosso (UK) Ltd Sound Solutions (GB) Ltd UK Plumbing & Training Services Limited Whistler Contracting Limited Zippa Limited Appointment of Administrators Barefruit Juice LimitedBilsing Automation (UK) Limited BIR Associates Limited Canary Wharf (Golf) Limited Corby Bottlers Plc Cornerstone Developments JB Limited Dragon International Studios Limited Dragon Leasing Limited GAP Engineering Limited Halifax Town Association Football Club Limited JVH Voice & Data Limited Mayers and Shaw Limited Nexus Personnel Limited Openbid Insurance Services Limited Remote UK Limited Savill Fabrications Limited Somerford Homes Limited Tiger UK Limited Westair Properties Limited Westborough (Dewsbury) Limited Notices of Meetings of Creditors (Section 98) Creditors Liquidation ABC Construction (UK) LimitedAitchwest Limited Amber Kitchens of Bishop’s Stortford Limited Ambience (North West) Limited Caffe Latte Limited Ecohomes Limited Eurasia Knitwear Limited Flying Sandwich Limited Flynn Stone Marble & Granite Limited Game World Direct Limited Iridian Limited John Bell Design Limited John F Mould & Co Limited LMS Specialist Mortgage Services Limited Niche News and Publishing Limited Phoenix Steel Services Limited Platform (UK) Limited Platinum Ignition Limited Sam Silva Limited Security First (UK) Limited Staplehurst Homes Limited Volutio Limited Yenstar Limited Would you like to have ALL the Insolvency Notices delivered to your desktop every week by email? 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