Debt collection

HMRC draws up new action plan for SMEs

| News

HM Revenue and Customs have released a new action plan designed – not the same as committed – to significantly opening up the public sector marketplace to small businesses. The actions outlined in the document range from increasing the amount of information available and holding ‘product surgeries’, to piloting new procurement methods and increasing SME access to sub-contracting opportunities.

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Calculate interest and charges on overdue payments [iPhone]

| Money,Technology

Are slow payers crippling your cash flow? Are you spending too much time chasing overdue accounts and stifling your productivity? Spending more of your valuable time chasing payments than new customers?

There’s an app for that.

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Creditsafe Credit Control Guide – free download

| Money

“A sale is not a sale until the money is in the bank”. It’s a great rule of thumb but it’s surprising how many businesses forget this golden rule and over-extend themselves. For many freelancers the long awaited big contract is one of the main reasons to be in business. However, whether your customer is a small business or a very large one, it is critically important to ensure they can and will pay you.

Creditsafe’s 16-page guide is crammed full of top tips for making sure you will get paid.

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Podcast 26: Credit Control and Debt Collection (part 2)

| Podcast

Andy continues his talk with credit control experts Rob Warlow and Adam Home and Darren Fell of Crunch about credit control and debt collection. In today’s show we ask: What should we do if it all starts to go wrong?

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Podcast 25: Credit Control and Debt Collection (part 1)

| Podcast

Andy talks to credit control experts Rob Warlow and Adam Home and Darren Fell of Crunch about credit control and debt collection.

  • Steps we should take before giving credit.
  • Steps to take before payment is due.

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