Posts Tagged ‘commercial debt collection’

International Association of Commercial Collectors Elects 2012 Board of Directors

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

The International Association of Commercial Collectors (IACC) recently elected its board of directors for the 2012 year during the association’s 41st Annual Convention in Miami Beach, Fla.

Directors have been elected by their fellow association members to serve in a leadership role, providing guidance and direction for the association.

The 2012 IACC Board of Directors:

  • President: Randy Frazee, Randall & Richards, Tucson, Ariz.
  • Vice President: Robert Ingold, Commercial Collection Corp. of New York, Tonawanda, N.Y.
  • Treasurer: Lee VandenHeuvel; Ross, Stuart & Dawson, Inc.; Auburn Hills, Mich.
  • Past-President: John Yursha, Commercial Recovery Group, Dover, Del.
  • Director: Terri Boettcher, BC Services, Inc., Longmont, Colo.
  • Director: Michael Daugherty, Synter Resource Group LLC, Charleston, S.C.
  • Director: Thomas Hamilton, The American Lawyers Quarterly, Cleveland.
  • Director: Albert Knowles, A.V. Knowles & Co Ltd., Port of Spain, Trinidad.
  • Director: Bryan Leib, Leib Solutions, LLC, Gibbsboro, N.J.
  • Director: Bill Mann; Joseph, Mann & Creed; Shaker Heights, Ohio.
  • Director: Jocelyn Nager; Frank, Frank, Goldstein & Nager, P.C.; New York

With about 320 commercial collection agency, associate, law list and affiliate members, The International Association of Commercial Collectors Inc. (IACC) is the world’s largest international trade association for commercial debt collection professionals. Headquartered in Minneapolis, IACC serves members throughout the United States and in 25 other countries worldwide. Members of IACC recover millions of dollars annually for their clients and provide valuable assistance to credit departments in controlling mounting debts.

Bad Business Debt Warning Issued for New Year Ahead

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

Debt Collection at Christmas

 

UK Businesses are being told they may face a financial festive hangover in the form of  non paying bad debtors if preemptive measures are not taken.

A Senior Commercial Debt Collection expert from Federal Management has predicted that December and January will represent the worst two months of the year for  non payment of business debts.

A combination of bad weather, reduced productivity and Christmas holidays will mean that businesses find their customers either avoiding them or promising payments before Christmas that  often, will not materialise till mid January.

Whilst it is the season of goodwill, failure to take adequate steps to combat the aforementioned can potentially lead to a serious hangover for businesses, in particular SMEs, who historically find that cash flow has considerably deteriorated by the end of January.

John McGovern, a Senior Collections Officer said:

“UK businesses of all kinds suffer financially at this time of year with the slowdown in payment by their customers. Many businesses consider it to be unavoidable but given the current economic climate, that should not be the case.”

“Credit controllers should be contacting customers in advance of invoices falling due to remind them of the payment date and that they expect to receive payment on or before that date and not after.”

He further adds:

“We understand that it is Christmas and there maybe a degree of leniency however, in the current economic climate, it is essential that preemptive measures are taken by Companies to prevent the accruing of bad debts. Just because it is Christmas, that is not an excuse for the non payment of outstanding invoices and accounts”

For further information on the recovery of overdue accounts, bad debts or Debt Collection in general, contact Federal Management for free advice and assistance.

Problems With Late Payers? The Debt Collection Experts are on Your Doorstep!

Thursday, September 8th, 2011

Late invoice payment and outstanding debts are an issue that continues to cast a shadow over many part of the UK Business Community with some alarming figures being released relating to the number of companies that are being forced into liquidation and administration despite being owed considerable sums of money. Yet this need not be the case providing expedient and cost effective steps are taken to recover outstanding debts.

One company that has an excellent reputation for dealing with serious matters such as the collection of outstanding debts is Federal Management.

This Lancashire based business has their Head Office in Skelmersdale, as well as offices in London and Manchester, and operate their renowned debt collection services across the UK, EU and Internationally, recovering millions of pounds every year for their clients. They are only too aware of the problems facing UK businesses with regards to late payments and outstanding invoices etc as swell as the need to maintain existing business relationships where possible.

Federal Management began life in 2004 by initially delivering their debt collection services to predominantly small businesses up and down the UK but their growth quickly gathered momentum as word spread of heir low cost services. A development of existing services along with continued internal development has seen them emerge as the UK’s leading commercial debt collection agency.

One of the key elements to Federal Management’s success has been the high level of internal investment. Thousands of pounds have been spent on cutting edge technology that gives them the edge over their competitors as well as the ongoing training of existing personnel ensures that they deliver a service that is professional and quickly gets results. Attention to detail and highly diligent staff ensure the potential of recovering monies owing is at a much higher level than normal.

The professional management systems they employ saw them awarded the ISO9001 accreditation in January of 2010 and they boast a collections team that deal solely with the pursuit of outstanding debts and are relentless in their efforts. In addition the to the Collections Team, they also have an internal legal team to deal with disputed debts and have professional collection officers to visit debtors who ignore demands for payment.

Such has been the success of Federal Management, in early 2009 they were awarded a place on the High Growth Programme, a Government backed scheme led by the North West Development Agency to aid the growth and development of 2high growth” businesses. This will aid their expansion and growth as they continue to go from strength to strength.

Marc Curtis-Smith, Managing Director of the company says:

“At Federal Management, as members of the Credit Services Association, we pride ourselves on delivering a highly professional service to our clients and coupled with our high collection rates, has been the main reason for our success. We have literally thousands of clients that benefit from the services that we offer, from Large PLC’s to local small business.”

“Quite Simply the service that we offer is unrivalled as we provide a low fixed cost service that delivers results and is one of the reasons why we have been so successful. We even have a considerable number of law firms that use our services to recover their debts and this gives testament to our ability to deliver a highly professional service at a fraction of the time and cost one would normally associate with recovering bad debts.”

Concludes Marc:

“We are proud to say that the greatest form of advertisement for our services is ‘word of mouth’. Our services are designed to maximise the prospect of a successful collection of debts whilst minimising the cost to our clients. Anybody that is experiencing debtor late payment problems should contact us sooner rather than later.”

Fur further information on how Federal Management can help your business recover monies owed, please contact them on 0844 875 4022 or visit their website at http://www.federalmanagement.co.uk

FEDERAL MANAGEMENT awarded ISO9001

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

Federal Management, the UK’s leader for Private & Commercial Debt Collection has been awarded certification by the British Standards Institution (BSI) to the quality management standard ISO9001.

Marc Curtis-Smith, Managing Director of Federal Management commented “We are a very focused and professional organization with the interests of our staff and clients at heart. The ISO9001 certification is very important on many levels. Not only does it demonstrate that we are a hugely professional organization but it gives a reassurance of quality to our clients, old, existing and new.”

 The ISO9001 accreditation is the most established and internationally adopted standard relating to quality management. Federal Management decided to implement ISO9001 to review client perceptions of the business and also to review all systems and practices to ensure they are well managed, maximizing productivity and achieving the right results.

Federal Management are continuing to push the standards of service within the Debt Recovery industry and act as pioneers with their hard working and diligent approach to their work. 2010 and will see the continued expansion of the company and big things are expected by them and their partners as they continue to develop their services.

Network Data Directors Feeling Heat

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

Commercial debt collection agency, Opus Agency, are reportedly putting together a case against the former directors of Network Data as they attempt to recover some of an outstanding debt to creditors, reports Introducer Today.co.uk.

According to Introducer Today, Opus, who have employed a large selection of international solicitors to handle the case, began collating evidence back in March, and to this day continue to investigate the behaviour of directors, including the chief exec of Network Data Holdings (Network Data’s Parent Company,) Richard Griffiths for the purposes of debt recovery.

It is unclear at this point as to whether Ivan Elliot and Grenville Folwell, other listed directors of Network Data, are also being investigated in this commercial debt collection issue, due to the matter only extending to ‘active and responsible’ directors, claims Introducer Today.

The website also claims that administrators Baker Tilly have declared that Network Data Appointed Representatives (ARs) will be unlikely to recover any unpaid commission payments back in a report released on the 16th of July. In the same report Baker Tilly also claimed that creditors had put in claims for £5,172,836 of unsecured debt unpaid by Network Data Holdings. However, unsecured creditors are still second in line for any payments after Bank of Scotland is paid the  £3,856,440 in secured payments it is still owed.

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