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Free Telegraph hotline to help businesses fend off recession
... new estimates show that an economic recession could push more than 66,000 businesses into insolvency over the next 18 months. [...]Official statistics reveal a 12pc jump in company liquidations between April and June, compared with the previous three months. Credit information provider Graydon UK said yesterday that there had been little change to this trend rate in the past two moths...read more
2 September 2008, Telegraph
Watchdog to police supermarket late payments
Under provisional decisions handed down by the commission last week, an extended code of practice would be set up and an ombudsman created to police supermarkets' late payments to suppliers ...read more
21 February 2008, Financial Director
Credit Crunch threatens new business
Start-up companies are most likely to be adversely affected by the economic downturn in 2008, according to credit information provider Graydon. As the credit crunch continues to reap havoc across global markets, the agency said around 800,000 new businesses will be most vulnerable ...read more
30 January 2008, Credit Today
Suppliers urged to control credit
Trade suppliers have been warned to be increasingly vigilant over late payments from customers as the credit squeeze, triggered by the US subprime lending debacle, takes hold.
More than half of trade invoices are paid late, according to Graydon UK, a credit agency...read more
2 November 2007, Financial Times
Suppliers blow whistle on supermarket practices
The UK's biggest supermarkets are exerting undue pressure and using their huge distribution to hold suppliers over a barrel, according to [...] the Competition Commission. Tesco received 40 per cent of the complaints from suppliers relating to supply chain issues over the last five years, followed by Asda on 22 per cent...read more
31 October 2007, Credit Today
Scots top prompt payment table
Scottish businesses pay their trade suppliers faster than their counterparts in all other regions of the UK. Analysis of trade payment data, court actions and days sales outstanding (DSO) information has been carried out by credit reference agency Graydon ... read more
30 October 2007, Credit Today
Companies fail to take medicine
Many small businesses are suffering from acute cash flow difficulties but not taking the medicines designed to relieve their pain, finds research by the FPB and credit agency Graydon. Three quarters of the 400 businesses surveyed say they do not employ a credit management professional ... read more
22 September 2007, Financial Times, FT.com
Law has failed, say credit experts
...It hasn't got any better in the last 10 years - if anything, it's got worse," said Martin Williams, managing director of Graydon, a commercial credit agency. "There's a late payment culture in this country and it's very difficult to break it down... read more
Aug 13 2007, By Jean Eaglesham, FT.com site
YOUR BUSINESS: Hall of shame over payments
Over a third of small businesses have been asked to share the financial pain of the large corporations they supply during the past year, according to research by Graydon, a credit reference agency. The survey found that 57 per cent had been forced to change credit or payment terms ... read more
9 Jun 2007, Financial Times
Graydon asks telecom resellers to share data
Credit reference firm extends Credit Intelligence Network to sixth sector and hunts VARs. Telecom VARs are the latest group to benefit from Graydon's fraud-busting data sharing strategy ... read more
4 Jun 2007, CRN
Tangled in the corporate's own dodgy red tape
Companies are quick to complain about the 'regulatory burden' ... Graydon UK, a credit information agency, polled 500 suppliers to large firms to ask about their payment experiences. A whopping 57 per cent of them reported their big customers had unilaterally altered their credit terms ... read more
3 Jun 2007, The Observer
Companies House targeted in credit scam
Companies House is being targeted by fraudsters filing false information in order to appear legitimate so they can set up trading relationships with other businesses. Graydon, a leading credit reference agency, said it was uncovering more of this type of fraud - called long firm fraud - after closely examining accounts filed at the public register ... read more
19 April 2007, The Daily Telegraph
Cash flow management: Pay when they scream!
UK companies are often tight-fisted when it comes to paying their suppliers Christmas is supposed to be a time for giving. But try telling that to UK companies. Their turkey will have gone cold long before they pay suppliers for goods placed on their shelves during November and ... read more
Dec 14 2006, Ethical Corporation
Fraud attempt hit one firm in three
One in three businesses have been approached by fraudsters attempting to obtain goods under false pretences over the past two years, according to research by Graydon UK, a credit reference agency ... read more
Nov 11 2006, The Daily Telegraph