Hundreds of small businesses hit by huge bills from company ‘linked to a scam’
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Media company goes bust - but the bills keep coming for its customers
Surprise update on disgraced businessman who left a trail of debts
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Year closes on rogue businessman who went on trading after ban by Insolvency Service
Looking back - looking forward
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Season's Greetings from ICSM Credit
Picking up the pieces after the collapse of Simons Group
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Ian Carrotte of ICSM Credit said leaving creditors and staff unpaid was 'a mess'
The Book People folds just days before Christmas
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Online firms like Amazon blamed for demise of book company
Company collapses – put a SOX in it and make directors accountable
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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
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Loss of high margin work led to haulage firm's collapse
Mystery surrounds reasons for insolvent firm
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The 'complex chain of events' prior to company's insolvency
Customers and creditors left high and dry as energy firms crash
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Customers of defunct energy firms handed hefty 'phantom' bills
Troubled camera store enters administration
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Reports of rejected CVA puts 500 jobs at risk as Jessops hits the rocks (again)
SMEs benefit from females helping to run firms
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Mixed gender boardrooms have fewer insolvencies
Eddie Stobart saved by Isle of Man asset management firm
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Last minute deal prevents famous haulage firm falling into administration
ICSM
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ICSM Credit's December Newsletter is now out online or as a pdf
Carillion liquidator recovers £510m (but take £53m in fees)
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Massive spike in legal disputes in the construction industry following Carillion's liquidation
When Farepak went bust before Christmas 2006 and thousands lost out
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Recalling Farepak, its 150,000 customers and Myleene Klass’s bikini
Deal between administrators and Scottish Government at shipyard
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Officials write off £50m in Government loans to secure shipyard's future
The trials and tribulations of haulage outfit in administration
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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
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WM printing in Cannock placed in liquidation
Pre-pack deals
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Only a quarter of pre-packs get reviewed by 'toothless' scrutiny body
Banknote print firm De La Rue fears for its future
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CEO Clive Vacher announces 'turn around' plan as shares plummet
The NHS is liquidated – that’s the National Hemp Service
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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
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DCI-Artform could ‘exit’ the business as sales dry up
Chinese firm buys British Steel after it went into administration
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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)
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End of the road for Automedia as administrators sell off their order book
Insolvency Service to investigate college that went bust owing £40m
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Furious suppliers left with long list of unpaid invoices
Supermarket haulage firm goes into administration
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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
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Chasing up the mystery of the disappearing business owners
Pre-pack deal for Mamas and Papas
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Mamas & Papas's owners buy back stores in pre-pack
Creditors only get 10p in the pound after haulage firm collapses
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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
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A CVA could save Clintons from disappearing
High street casualties in 2019: the list keeps growing
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I’m a high street store – get me out of here - I’m going bust
DHL pledges to work with Mothercare
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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
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Declining volumes of magazine printing will see former Newsquest plant shut
Trouble in the casual dining sector as restaurants close in record numbers
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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)
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If you thought law firms were on the straight and narrow think again: this is a shocker
Insolvency Service reports on Q3 - and it
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Companies going into administration hits five year high
Massacre on the High Street continues as Mothercare goes down
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Another big name bites the dust - but when will it end?
BBC: Thomas Cook brand sold for £11m
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Out of the ashes: Thomas Cook brand sold to Club Med
Read it now for free online: ICSM Credit News in magazine format
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Read it now for free online: ICSM Credit News in magazine format
Defunct truck hire firm’s employees awarded compensation by employment tribunal
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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
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Cannock print company hits the rocks as administrators are called in
Blood bath of firms crashing continues as business cries out for stability
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Ian Carrotte of ICSM Credit
Joining ICSM Credit protects firms from the cold winds of the economy
Why do debtors ignore warnings?
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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
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The Gazette: last five years have seen construction industry worst hit by insolvencies
Paul Carrote on remaining solvent in troubled times
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Paul Carrotte gives his top tips on remaining solvent in troubled times
Prevent bad debts - ICSM Credit
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Print Week article on how ICSM Credit advises British industry to stay out of trouble
Shock at level of debt of Bradley Group firms
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Bradley Group firms owed millions
Events firm crashes leaving workers and creditors unpaid
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Creditors left high and dry as Shakespeare's Rose Theatre shuts its doors
Trouble at Biggin Hill as award-winning company calls in administrators
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Odessa printing founders with administrators called in
BBC story raises questions over EY
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Accountants under the spotlight over the bonuses paid to Thomas Cook bosses
'Mission from the heart' fails to save historic print firm
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Print Week report on a rescue deal that failed due one small technicality
Shock as paper merchant Aspenlink goes into administration
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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
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They keep on crashing: is it Brexit, the economy or something far worse - debt?
Latimer Trend hits the dust after 130 years of business
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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
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Paper industry takes Brexit readiness role
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Paper industry takes Brexit readiness role
Get ready for Brexit with this one simple action
Get ready for Brexit with this one simple action
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Thomas Cook collapse: is this the end of the printed holiday catalogue?
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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
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ICSM Credit at September Trade Shows
ICSM Credit visited two trade shows to meet associates and to keep up with the latest industrial developments
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Brendan Perring on why the IPIA use ICSM
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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
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ICSM News: September features two must visit print industry trade shows
ICSM News: September features two must visit print industry trade shows
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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
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ICSM Safetynet Credit Scoring Just Got Better
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The new ratings reflect the past and predict the future
Big four accountants scrutinised after Carillion and other debarcles
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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Introducing our new Microdebt Recovery Service – where there’s no fee unless we recover your money.
Bonnie & Clyde are back again!
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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
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“Traffic light system” for persistent late payers welcomed… but Government needs to go further to protect SMEs