Monthly Archives April 2019

Why Dealing With Complaints Makes Financial Sense

Why Dealing With Complaints Makes Financial Sense

April 24, 2019 | No Comments

Having been committed to various roles in ‘Recoveries’ for the last decade or so … The sceptic in me always does a rigorous check to see if all angles have been covered before legal action is even considered. Now, you might be thinking – “Yes, I’ve covered everything All my letters/calls have been ignored.” Are you absolutely, 100% sure? As a Recoveries Consultant, dealing with the plethora of cases, I can tell you that around 9 out of 10 cases eventually cause or lead to problems. Out of those 9, usually 3 of those reverberate around a complaint of some sort
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Through The Looking Glass: When Debt Breeds Fear

Through The Looking Glass: When Debt Breeds Fear

April 17, 2019 | No Comments

Sitting in between my Clients; ‘Mrs’ on the left and ‘Mr’ on the right. Whilst talking, every so often ‘Mr’ would look over his shoulder, past the Mercedes on his driveway and out into the street. The same pattern would continue throughout through the meeting. Eventually I couldn’t help but agitatedly ask – “Why do you keep on doing that?” It turns out, it was all off the back of the advice I had given him days earlier. Here was a husband and wife team, with a substantive amount of business debts that had built up. If they were a
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Wow, what do you mean you’ve gone bust?

Wow, what do you mean you’ve gone bust?

April 10, 2019 | No Comments

Wow Air, Primera Air, Flybe, XL….. What do the above have in common? Well, they’re budget airline carriers who operate in a no-frills capacity. It’s estimated that around 30% of airlines who start to operate go bust within the first two to three years of trading. But why? Simply because of high operating costs, broken down primarily with large fuel costs and high end operating leases, wage bills leaving many of these airlines scraping the barrel of their overdraft. This article from the Independent showcases that if we, as consumers, aren’t careful, we too could get stuck in the middle
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Why Signing On The Dotted Line Could Cost You

Why Signing On The Dotted Line Could Cost You

April 3, 2019 | No Comments

B….t or B…….t As you can see one gap is bigger than the other….I let you fill in gaps 😊 Put quite simply, UK politics has never experienced a gap like last couple of months. There’s a tendency to leave things right up until the last month for individuals of any party to agree to the deal. When we do things under pressure, it’s human nature to start making mistakes, as we are fearful of time running out. Whilst the majority of us are fed up with what’s going on in Westminster, it’s evident that the issue that arose was
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