February 2009

News

• The Cheque is in the Post
  How many times have I heard this?  Well life is about to get worse as companies are going to have a valid excuse and I mean excuse rather than reason. The Post Office workers are going on strike – I have lived through this in the past, it must be in the post office, I can’t [...] […]
• Is This Now The New Age of Credit
  In the wake of the most disastrous economic climate in recent memory, the world has really been brought to its knees. The recession and stock market crash of 2008 sent waves of change throughout most industries, as businesses and financial institutions tried to claw back to profitability. With the real estate bubble crippling the U.K. [...] […]
• Debt management: who is it suitable for?
  A debt management plan is an informal financial agreement. It involves a re-arrangement of how outstanding debts will be cleared. Creditors may be asked to accept lower monthly payments and/or freeze interest, helping you repay your debts at a slower, affordable rate. Bear in mind, though, that repaying your debt over a longer [...] […]
• Jobs Boost In Credit Control
  Silver lining?  They say that ever cloud has one.  I think however that things are too tough in this economic climate to be that light about peoples life’s. Bradford and Bingley one of the now nationalised banks that helped us get to this point is recruiting 150 more credit controller this year.  That does not sound [...] […]
• Credit Control in a Recession
  Generally being a credit controller is a fairly difficult and pressurised work.  Credit control in a recession from what I am hearing is much more difficult. Speaking to a friend recently who works in a multi-national tells a story for small businesses and how the duties of credit control have changed over the last few months. It [...] […]