CM December 2021
THE CICM MAGAZINE FOR CONSUMER AND COMMERCIAL CREDIT PROFESSIONALS
THE CICM MAGAZINE FOR CONSUMER AND COMMERCIAL CREDIT PROFESSIONALS
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CI<strong>CM</strong> Directory of Services<br />
COLLECTIONS<br />
COLLECTIONS LEGAL<br />
CONSULTANCY<br />
Controlaccount Plc<br />
Address: Compass House, Waterside, Hanbury Road,<br />
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire B60 4FD<br />
T: 01527 386 610<br />
E: sales@controlaccount.com<br />
W: www.controlaccount.com<br />
Controlaccount plc has been providing efficient, effective and<br />
ethical pre-legal debt recovery for over forty years. We help our<br />
clients to improve internal processes and increase cashflow,<br />
whilst protecting customer relationships and established<br />
reputations. We have long-standing partnerships with leading,<br />
global brand names, SMEs and not for profits. We recover<br />
over 30,000 overdue invoices each month, domestically and<br />
internationally, on a no collect, no fee arrangement. Other<br />
services include credit control and dunning services, international<br />
and domestic trace and legal recoveries. All our clients have<br />
full transparency on any accounts placed with us through our<br />
market leading cloud-based management portal, ClientWeb.<br />
Guildways<br />
T: +44 3333 409000<br />
E: info@guildways.com<br />
W: www.guildways.com<br />
Guildways is a UK & International debt collection specialist with over<br />
25 years experience. Guildways prides itself on operating to the<br />
highest ethical standards and professional service levels. We are<br />
experienced in collecting B2B and B2C debts. Our service includes:<br />
• A complete No collection, No Fee commission based service<br />
• 10% plus VAT commission for UK debts<br />
• Commission from 22% plus VAT for International debts<br />
• 24/7 online access to your cases through our CaseManager portal<br />
• Direct online account-to-account payments, to speed up<br />
collections and minimise costs<br />
If you are unable to locate your customer, we also offer a no trace, no<br />
fee, trace and collect service.<br />
For more information, visit: www.guildways.com<br />
COLLECTIONS (INTERNATIONAL)<br />
BlaserMills Law<br />
London – High Wycombe – Amersham – Silverstone<br />
T: 01494 478660<br />
E: jar@blasermills.co.uk<br />
W: www.blasermills.co.uk<br />
Blaser Mills Law’s commercial recoveries team is internationally<br />
recognised, regularly advising large corporations, multinationals<br />
and SMEs on pre-legal collections, debt recovery, commercial<br />
litigation, dispute resolution and insolvency. Our legal services<br />
are both cost-effective and highly efficient; Our lawyers are also<br />
CI<strong>CM</strong> qualified and ranked in the industry leading law firm rankings<br />
publications, Legal 500 and Chambers UK.<br />
Keebles<br />
Capitol House, Russell Street, Leeds LS1 5SP<br />
T: 0113 399 3482<br />
E: charise.marsden@keebles.com<br />
W: www.keebles.com<br />
Keebles debt recovery team was named “Legal Team of the Year”<br />
at the 2019 CI<strong>CM</strong> British Credit Awards.<br />
According to our clients “Keebles stand head and shoulders<br />
above others in the industry. A team that understands their client’s<br />
business and know exactly how to speedily maximise recovery.<br />
Professional, can do attitude runs through the team which is not<br />
seen in many other practices.”<br />
We offer a service with no hidden costs, giving you certainty and<br />
peace of mind.<br />
• ‘No recovery, no fee’ for pre-legal work.<br />
• Fixed fees for issuing court proceedings and pursuing claims to<br />
judgment and enforcement.<br />
• Success rate in excess of 80%.<br />
• 24 hour turnaround on instructions.<br />
• Real-time online access to your cases to review progress.<br />
Chris Sanders Consulting<br />
T: +44(0)7747 761641<br />
E: enquiries@chrissandersconsulting.com<br />
W: www.chrissandersconsulting.com<br />
Chris Sanders Consulting – we are a different sort of consulting<br />
firm, made up of a network of independent experienced<br />
operational credit & collections management and invoicing<br />
professionals, with specialisms in cross industry best practice<br />
advisory, assessment, interim management, leadership,<br />
workshops and training to help your team and organisation reach<br />
their full potential in credit and collections management. We are<br />
proud to be Corporate Partners of the Chartered Institute of Credit<br />
Management and to manage the CI<strong>CM</strong> Best Practice Accreditation<br />
Programme on their behalf. For more information please contact:<br />
enquiries@chrissandersconsulting.com<br />
CREDIT INFORMATION<br />
CoCredo<br />
Missenden Abbey, Great Missenden, Bucks, HP16 0BD<br />
T: 01494 790600<br />
E: customerservice@cocredo.com<br />
W: www.cocredo.co.uk<br />
CoCredo has 19 years’ experience in developing credit reports for<br />
businesses and in 2019 we were honoured to be awarded Credit<br />
Information Provider of the Year at the British Credit Awards. Our<br />
company data is continually updated throughout the day and<br />
ensures customers have the most current information available.<br />
We aggregate data from a range of leading providers across over<br />
235 territories and offer a range of services including the industry<br />
first Dual Report, Monitoring, XML Integration and DNA Portfolio<br />
Management. We pride ourselves in offering award-winning<br />
customer service and support to protect your business.<br />
Atradius Collections Ltd<br />
3 Harbour Drive,<br />
Capital Waterside, Cardiff, CF10 4WZ<br />
Phone: +44 (0)29 20824397<br />
Mobile: +44 (0)7767 865821<br />
E-mail:yvette.gray@atradius.com<br />
Website: atradiuscollections.com<br />
Atradius Collections Ltd is an established specialist in business<br />
to business collections. As the collections division of the Atradius<br />
Crédito y Caución, we have a strong position sharing history,<br />
knowledge and reputation.<br />
Annually handling more than 110,000 cases and recovering over<br />
a billion EUROs in collections at any one time, we deliver when<br />
it comes to collecting outstanding debts. With over 90 years’<br />
experience, we have an in-depth understanding of the importance<br />
of maintaining customer relationships whilst efficiently and<br />
effectively collecting monies owed.<br />
The individual nature of our clients’ customer relationships is<br />
reflected in the customer focus we provide, structuring our service<br />
to meet your specific needs. We work closely with clients to<br />
provide them with a collection strategy that echoes their business<br />
character, trading patterns and budget.<br />
For further information contact Yvette Gray Country Director, UK<br />
and Ireland.<br />
Lovetts Solicitors<br />
Lovetts, Bramley House, The Guildway,<br />
Old Portsmouth Road,<br />
Guildford, Surrey, GU3 1LR<br />
T: 01483 347001<br />
E: info@lovetts.co.uk<br />
W: www.lovetts.co.uk<br />
With more than 25yrs experience in UK & international business<br />
debt collection and recovery, Lovetts Solicitors collects £40m+<br />
every year on behalf of our clients. Services include:<br />
• Letters Before Action (LBA) from £1.50 + VAT (successful in 86%<br />
of cases)<br />
• Advice and dispute resolution<br />
• Legal proceedings and enforcement<br />
• 24/7 access to your cases via our in-house software solution,<br />
CaseManager<br />
Don’t just take our word for it, here’s some recent customer<br />
feedback: “All our service expectations have been exceeded.<br />
The online system is particularly useful and extremely easy to<br />
use. Lovetts has a recognisable brand that generates successful<br />
results.”<br />
Company Watch<br />
Centurion House, 37 Jewry Street,<br />
LONDON. EC3N 2ER<br />
T: +44 (0)20 7043 3300<br />
E: info@companywatch.net<br />
W: www.companywatch.net<br />
Organisations around the world rely on Company Watch’s<br />
industry-leading financial analytics to drive their credit risk<br />
processes. Our financial risk modelling and ability to map medium<br />
to long-term risk as well as short-term credit risk set us apart<br />
from other credit reference agencies.<br />
Quality and rigour run through everything we do, from our unique<br />
method of assessing corporate financial health via our H-Score®,<br />
to developing analytics on our customers’ in-house data.<br />
With the H-Score® predicting almost 90 percent of corporate<br />
insolvencies in advance, it is the risk management tool of choice,<br />
providing actionable intelligence in an uncertain world.<br />
Brave | Curious | Resilient / www.cicm.com / <strong>December</strong> <strong>2021</strong> / PAGE 60
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