Hundreds of small businesses hit by huge bills from company ‘linked to a scam’
Media company goes bust - but the bills keep coming for its customers
Surprise update on disgraced businessman who left a trail of debts
Year closes on rogue businessman who went on trading after ban by Insolvency Service
Looking back - looking forward
Season's Greetings from ICSM Credit
Picking up the pieces after the collapse of Simons Group
Ian Carrotte of ICSM Credit said leaving creditors and staff unpaid was 'a mess'
The Book People folds just days before Christmas
Online firms like Amazon blamed for demise of book company
Company collapses – put a SOX in it and make directors accountable
President George W. Bush signs the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 PHOTO DOUG MILLS ASSOCIATED PRESS
Calls for a UK Sarbanes-Oxley law to end the scandal of botched audits
County Court Judgements signalled the end of transport company
Loss of high margin work led to haulage firm's collapse
Mystery surrounds reasons for insolvent firm
The 'complex chain of events' prior to company's insolvency
Customers and creditors left high and dry as energy firms crash
Customers of defunct energy firms handed hefty 'phantom' bills
Troubled camera store enters administration
Reports of rejected CVA puts 500 jobs at risk as Jessops hits the rocks (again)
SMEs benefit from females helping to run firms
Mixed gender boardrooms have fewer insolvencies
Eddie Stobart saved by Isle of Man asset management firm
Last minute deal prevents famous haulage firm falling into administration
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Carillion liquidator recovers £510m (but take £53m in fees)
Massive spike in legal disputes in the construction industry following Carillion's liquidation
When Farepak went bust before Christmas 2006 and thousands lost out
Recalling Farepak, its 150,000 customers and Myleene Klass’s bikini
Deal between administrators and Scottish Government at shipyard
Officials write off £50m in Government loans to secure shipyard's future
The trials and tribulations of haulage outfit in administration
Haulage firm blames another transport company it wanted to buy for its problems
Haulage empire collapses as 66 employees lose jobs ahead of Christmas
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CVA fails to save part of the Ipswich based company
Print Week reports on the demise WM Printing Solutions
WM printing in Cannock placed in liquidation
Pre-pack deals
Only a quarter of pre-packs get reviewed by 'toothless' scrutiny body
Banknote print firm De La Rue fears for its future
CEO Clive Vacher announces 'turn around' plan as shares plummet
The NHS is liquidated – that’s the National Hemp Service
Tom Corbyn's National Hemp Service goes bust (and yes his dad is the Labour leader)
More jobs likely to go at ailing retail outfit
DCI-Artform could ‘exit’ the business as sales dry up
Chinese firm buys British Steel after it went into administration
Administrators find buyer for British Steel - who is 4,831 miles away
Jump Design & Print jumps in to buy defunct printer’s order book (but not the staff)
End of the road for Automedia as administrators sell off their order book
Insolvency Service to investigate college that went bust owing £40m
Furious suppliers left with long list of unpaid invoices
Supermarket haulage firm goes into administration
Shock as Corporate Road Solutions 24:7 comes to an end with 70 jobs lost
Alarming rise in business owners running away from their debts
Chasing up the mystery of the disappearing business owners
Pre-pack deal for Mamas and Papas
Mamas & Papas's owners buy back stores in pre-pack
Creditors only get 10p in the pound after haulage firm collapses
M&J Haulage: bank and preferred creditors get paid but everyone else takes a massive 90% loss on unpaid invoices
Print and paper industry to take a hit if greeting card giant collapses
A CVA could save Clintons from disappearing
High street casualties in 2019: the list keeps growing
I’m a high street store – get me out of here - I’m going bust
DHL pledges to work with Mothercare
Mum's the word: Mothercare's administrators are working to honour existing orders with DHL
Walstead Southernprint set to close due to decline in orders
Declining volumes of magazine printing will see former Newsquest plant shut
Trouble in the casual dining sector as restaurants close in record numbers
That wasn’t on the menu: restaurant insolvencies surge by 25%
Boss of bogus law firm banned by the High Court (for the second time)
If you thought law firms were on the straight and narrow think again: this is a shocker
Insolvency Service reports on Q3 - and it
Companies going into administration hits five year high
Massacre on the High Street continues as Mothercare goes down
Another big name bites the dust - but when will it end?
BBC: Thomas Cook brand sold for £11m
Out of the ashes: Thomas Cook brand sold to Club Med
Read it now for free online: ICSM Credit News in magazine format
Read it now for free online: ICSM Credit News in magazine format
Defunct truck hire firm’s employees awarded compensation by employment tribunal
Gulliver’s Truck Hire workers have their day in court following firm’s collapse
Another one bites the dust: KJB Printing calls in the administrators
Cannock print company hits the rocks as administrators are called in
Blood bath of firms crashing continues as business cries out for stability
Ian Carrotte of ICSM Credit
Joining ICSM Credit protects firms from the cold winds of the economy
Why do debtors ignore warnings?
Do directors stick their head in the sand in the hope their troubles will disappear?
Construction industry had highest number of insolvencies in the UK
The Gazette: last five years have seen construction industry worst hit by insolvencies
Paul Carrote on remaining solvent in troubled times
Paul Carrotte gives his top tips on remaining solvent in troubled times
Prevent bad debts - ICSM Credit
Print Week article on how ICSM Credit advises British industry to stay out of trouble
Shock at level of debt of Bradley Group firms
Bradley Group firms owed millions
Events firm crashes leaving workers and creditors unpaid
Creditors left high and dry as Shakespeare's Rose Theatre shuts its doors
Trouble at Biggin Hill as award-winning company calls in administrators
Odessa printing founders with administrators called in
BBC story raises questions over EY
Accountants under the spotlight over the bonuses paid to Thomas Cook bosses
'Mission from the heart' fails to save historic print firm
Print Week report on a rescue deal that failed due one small technicality
Shock as paper merchant Aspenlink goes into administration
Who will crash next? Fears grow as paper industry sees another big name fall
From High Street to Back Street: the bigger they come the harder they fall
They keep on crashing: is it Brexit, the economy or something far worse - debt?
Latimer Trend hits the dust after 130 years of business
Print Week reports on another big player going bust
Print Week report on 'forensic accountants' investigating Callprint
Print Week report on 'forensic accountants' investigating Callprint
Paper industry takes Brexit readiness role
Paper industry takes Brexit readiness role
Get ready for Brexit with this one simple action
Get ready for Brexit with this one simple action
Thomas Cook collapse: is this the end of the printed holiday catalogue?
Thomas Cook collapse: is this the end of the printed holiday catalogue?
BREAKING Print Week: Clyde of
BREAKING: Print Week: Clyde of 'the Bonnie and Clyde of the print industry' is back with new websites
ICSM Credit at September Trade Shows
ICSM Credit visited two trade shows to meet associates and to keep up with the latest industrial developments
Brendan Perring on why the IPIA use ICSM
The IPIA are ICSM associates to protect their members from bad debts
PRINT WEEK: Two Bradley Group outfits go into receivership
PRINT WEEK: Two Bradley Group outfits go into receivership
ICSM News: September features two must visit print industry trade shows
ICSM News: September features two must visit print industry trade shows
ICSM News: September features two must visit print industry trade shows
ICSM News: latest Runners and Riders in the Insolvency Stakes
ICSM News: latest Runners and Riders in the Insolvency Stakes
ICSM Safetynet Credit Scoring Just Got Better
The new ratings reflect the past and predict the future
Big four accountants scrutinised after Carillion and other debarcles
Big four accountants scrutinised after Carillion and other debarcles
Following the collapse of Carillion and other high profile business names the so-called big four accountancy firms involved in auditing companies which then go broke are being scrutinised by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
‘Unscrupulous’ magazine publisher shut down
A company that traded off the public’s goodwill for the emergency services by publishing a magazine in their support has been closed by the Insolvency Service ICSM reports.
Rogue online printers receive lengthy bans
Warnings have been regularly issued to ICSM members about the business duo from Barry in Wales known as the ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ of printing.
Is the age of debate dead?
Meeting a very angry man named Julian has got me thinking, says Ian Carrotte.
New “Not worth chasing” service is getting small print debts settled
In the first two-week pilot phase of our new micro-debt service, some 56 bad debts were recovered for clients, ranging in value from £36 to £1,712: a total of £18,000. Now we’re rolling out the service nationally.
Owed money? Don’t write it off… try out our new Microdebt Recovery Service
Introducing our new Microdebt Recovery Service – where there’s no fee unless we recover your money.
Bonnie & Clyde are back again!
It appears that our old “friends” Clare Hunnisett and Malcolm John (AKA Stuart John etc.) are back to their familiar tricks – scamming printers and members of the public out of their hard-earned money.
“Traffic light system” for persistent late payers welcomed… but Government needs to go further to protect SMEs
“Traffic light system” for persistent late payers welcomed… but Government needs to go further to protect SMEs