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| Bateman's Credit Services Limited Newsletter Edition 3 - January 09 Happy New Year! The beginning of a new year is frequently a time for reflection and making plans for the year ahead. With the economic outlook continuing to look bleak in the immediate future, planning has become more important than ever. Financial planning and control is crucial for businesses of any size and so, with that in mind, we have looked at what help we can offer our clients and contacts. See below for more details about these free tools. Thank you to Paul Spencer, barrister, for giving us this new testimonial:- "Bateman's Credit Services provide me with administration and outsourced credit control services in relation to my Public Access cases. Eleanor is extremely quick to deal with my requests and has acted with professionalism in her dealings with me and my clients. I am happy to recommend Eleanor to potential clients of her and her firm and I am confident that she will provide them with an excellent service" | To find out more about how we can help your business and improve your cashflow, please visit our website at www.batemanscredit.co.uk or call us now on 07766 410122 Tools to help you survive the recession and improve your cash flow BRAND NEW!! We have now added a free 'Advice Pages' to our website which has various tip/advice pages and articles including How to Collect and Cash Flow and Management. Click here to visit the advice pages. And if you have a more specific problem and you need some advice from a credit professional then you should visit our free 'Ask The Experts' page where you can simply complete the form with your question and expect to receive a reply within 24 hours. Ask us anything to do with credit control or credit management and the most interesting questions will get published on the site for future visitors. Click here to visit Ask The Experts. | When Big Businesses Go Bust We are hearing on a regular basis about the collapse of yet another high street firm and there is always a collective sigh of relief by those businesses that have not been affected but, for the unluckier firms, it could mean the end of their business. MFI went into administration in November 08 owing approximately £30m and with only £600k to share between the creditors, a huge amount of money is going to get written off. One of the many firms affected by this are Haulier Cranleigh Freight Services (HCFS) who have also been forced in to administration as a huge 18% of their turnover came from MFI. Sadly, the Pareto ratio (the 80:20 rule) has proven correct in this instance and it was the downfall of HCFS. Click here to read the full article | | Time Management workshops David Vane of 247Virtual.com presents a series of workshops in the Solent area to help busy people beat the recession and manage their time more effectively! Workshop 1 objectives: Delegates will learn some of the basic principles of effective Time Management using Outlook: prioritising time, email management, organising and managing files. There will also be the opportunity for delegates to bring their own queries. Workshop 2 objectives: Delegates will learn some more of the basic principles of effective Time Management using Outlook: planning work, scheduling, diary management, organising and managing meetings, managing tasks. There will also be the opportunity for delegates to bring their own queries. Click here for more information including dates and pricing. | Thank you to Deborah Hurst of Deborah Hurst Photography for taking this picture of Eleanor Bateman for the website. 
| Tricks of the Trade In these difficult times when money is tight and companies are going in to liquidation at a disturbing rate, we all need to ensure that we are protecting our businesses biggest asset – the debtor’s ledger – to the best of our abilities. This involves looking at various aspects of the running of your business such as keeping costs down, keeping sales up and keeping your customers happy. However all of these factors become irrelevant if your debtors, the lifeblood of your business, are not paying you and in a timely fashion.
Whatever your business and however involved you want to get in your credit control processes, you should find some tips to help you through this period and to make you a stronger business once we are out the other side. Click here for the full advice sheet | Come and see us at Stand 74 where we are exhibiting as part of the Solent Business Growth Network!!! 
Maximise Your Business Potential Business South 2009 takes place at the St Mary's Stadium, Southampton: 4 March 10.00 - 17.00 5 March 10.00 - 16.00 Business2Business Shows offer a total solution, with invaluable networking opportunities, business development contacts and new business relationships created at each event. | 
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BCS Partners: Award Health and Safety: Chris Ward - Asbestos surveying, management and removal - chris@awardhealthandsafety.co.uk | Morlan Gil HR: Jim Gilhooley - HR, Training, Recruitment and employment services - jim.gilhooley@morlangilhr.co.uk | 247virtual: David Vane - virtual services, training - david.vane@247virtual.com | Skills for Business Training: Steve Jones - personal development and coaching steve@skillsforbusinesstraining.co.uk | Culverwell Consultants: Jim Culverwell - help with property rental - upsizing, downsizing Jim@culverwellconsult.co.uk | Inter-Activ Learning: Gavin Meikle - presentations skills, powerpoint improvements - gmeikle@inter-activ.co.uk | Fair Lawn Associates: Bridgett Vane - PR, newsletters, media. Product launches -blv.vane@btinternet.com | Focus Accounting: Paul Wragg - chartered accountant - focusaccounting@btinternet.com | CB Graphics: Cliff Bryant - advertising, brochures, stationary etc - bryantc@btconnect.com | Ayunia: Linda Bett - web desigh, seo, e-commerce, google adwords - linda@ayunia.com |
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Spotlight on: | DNJ Solutions is based in the South of England and works with business owners who are looking to get the most out of their businesses, by creating a greater understanding of customer profiles, customer behaviour and sales processes, then producing action plans to capitalise on this information. DNJ Solutions works with customers to implement business intelligence programmes.
Contact:
David Webb www.dnjsolutions.co.uk david.webb@dnjsolutions.co.uk Tel;: 01962 885100 |
Bitterne Lunch Break: | Coming soon...a new networking event for people in Bitterne and the surrounding areas. Click here to email us if you would like more information. |
Top Tip: | If your customer does not have enough money to pay your debt in full, it may be worth agreeing to an instalment plan so that you are receiving some money instead of none. Save yourself the effort of chasing them every month by requesting post dated cheques to the end of the plan and remember that they are proof to a court that the money was owed if there are any further problems. |
Job Vacancy: | Senior Credit Controller - £28k - £36k per annum A Senior Credit Controller is required to manage and develop fee collection in this London based barristers' chambers. For more information email info@batemanscredit.co.uk and put 'Senior Credit Controller' in the subject title to receive the full job description and details of how to apply. |
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