News and Advice
15th September 2025 | by Jenny Esau | Debt Recovery, News and Advice
Agreeing commercial credit payment plans with delinquent customers is a common part of credit control. We’ve included some guidelines to help you get the best outcome for your company and to make consequences of defaulting on the agreement clear to your customer. If you follow the above guidelines, you should be confident of getting paid, […]
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8th September 2025 | by Jenny Esau | CMG UK News, News and Advice, Training
**Book Early for 2026** Improving Collection Performance £130 + vat per person Running W/c 9th February 2026W/c 1st June 2026 Our Improving Cash Flow courses are beneficial to those new to collections, with no formal training, or to those who view the course as a refresher in credit control, wishing to improve and develop their […]
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18th August 2025 | by Jenny Esau | News and Advice, Outsourced Collections
Issues for cash flow in recruitment SMEs within the UK are owed billions in late payments; this is an issue that is affecting all industries, in businesses of all sizes and is likely to continue for as long as businesses continue to provide credit. Recruitment companies are particularly prone to issues regarding late payment and […]
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11th August 2025 | by Jenny Esau | CMG UK News, News and Advice
Having an effective credit management function is vital to any business in maintaining and improving cash flow, as well as reducing a business’ risk to bad debt. There are many different elements to credit management that will all play a role in how effective it is, here are a few tips on how to improve […]
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14th July 2025 | by Jenny Esau | Industry News, News and Advice
Are you looking for ways to improve the order to cash process of your business? Effective credit management covers the entire Order to Cash, not just collection activity as many wrongly assume. Ensuring that your Order to Cash Process is followed precisely and that it is continually reviewed and improved upon is vital to any […]
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10th July 2025 | by Jenny Esau | News and Advice
Looking for tips for effective credit control? Having an effective credit control function will hugely impact growth for any business. Many business expend a lot of energy into ensuring their sales function is in excellent shape but fail to recognise the importance the credit control has. Here are some of our tips for ensuring your […]
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1st July 2025 | by Jenny Esau | CMG UK News, News and Advice, Outsourced Collections
Why use our Outsourced Credit Management Service? I have found over the years that many businesses do not have a dedicated credit control department within their business, rather this task is assigned to a role as an added responsibility; this often leads to poor collection activity due to lack of time and training to focus […]
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17th June 2025 | by Jenny Esau | CMG UK News, News and Advice
It is always good to know the process that would be taken against you as well as knowing this process for if you ever needed to implement it yourself. As a credit management company, we spend the majority of our time helping companies to follow a structured credit management process in order to get invoices […]
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10th June 2025 | by Jenny Esau | News and Advice, Training
After establishing my argument as to why telephone conversation can be much more effective than emailing; I have compiled a list of tips for a successful phone conversation that can encourage a positive outcome for your business, no matter what industry. Prepare beforehand for a Successful Phone Conversation Having all the information you have on a […]
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27th May 2025 | by Jenny Esau | CMG UK News, News and Advice, Outsourced Collections
Charging late payment interest on overdue invoices can be a great form of leverage to get you paid quicker. You are entitled to start adding interest from the first day it falls overdue, but many companies will be wary of using this as a tactic as the downside is damaging a customer relationship, so when […]
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