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: 18 May 2009

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Current News
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- Experian Payments comment on the migration to the Single Euro Payments Area
- Shendish Manor, Hertfordshire - in Administration
- Update on Great Leighs from the Administrators
- OFT warns debt sector about tracing tactics requirements imposed on debt collection company
- Will you be alongside fellow credit risk professionals at the Coface Country Risk Conference?
- "Talk to your lender", urges The Debt Advisor
- Recession Fuels KSA Group Growth
- Vantis issues further correspondence to Creditors of Stanford International Bank Limited
- ICM welcomes the pledge from big business
- Level Of Business Debt Being Chased Increases By 58%
- Big businesses pledges to pay fair and sign up to prompt payment
- Fishy Northampton company caught hook, line and sinker
- More FTSE 100 companies sign up to Prompt Payment Code following pressure from small business lobby group
- 2009 World Credit Congress and Exhibition to be Held in Dublin
- Not all SMEs are equal when it comes to risk management
- Eurodebt provides intermediaries with a marketing boost
- Shoosmiths' Manchester office continues to grow, with the recruitment of another finance litigation specialist
- New Cambridge Office for Begbies Traynor
- Enterprise finance guarantee scheme to extend lending to businesses and social enterprises
- Philip Evans the prominent industry expert joins JBW
- Credit agreement test cases will be great for consumers
- Bibby Financial Services support highest ever number of businesses
- KPMG helps design government-backed trade credit insurance scheme announced in Budget
- MP's urged to produce hard evidence of pre-pack abuses
- UK government can provide £6bn stimulus by paying on time

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

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Up Coming Events
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Negotiating and Influencing Skills - May 19 2009 to May 19 2009
Introduction to Credit Risk - May 19 2009 to May 19 2009
Insolvency and Bankruptcy - May 19 2009 to May 19 2009
"Pre packs are good for business?" - May 20 2009 to May 20 2009
Credit Management and Debt Recovery - May 27 2009 to May 28 2009
Credit Management and Debt Recovery Conference - May 27 2009 to May 28 2009
Coface Country Risk Conference - Thursday 11th June 2009, BAFTA, London.

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

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