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Ed Van Den Berg, OptimaRM Operations Director

Ed Van den Berg receives accreditation

Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Operations Director Ed Van den Berg receives Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce consulting accreditation. As a further addition to Ed’s already impressive list of credentials, Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce have completed their evaluation and awarded accreditation to Ed as an approved provider of consultancy work.

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OptimaRM Corporate HQ

Office space

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

We are hiring and expanding. OptimaRM have taken additional office space at our Warrington base to accommodate new staff and business growth.

Commenting on the expansion, Operations Director Ed Van Den Berg stated: “The market for our services is growing strongly and each week sees new customers choose OptimaRM to help them ...

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Debt crunch sparks bankruptcies

Debt crunch sparks bankruptcies

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Companies are starting to go bankrupt at a disturbing rate in Britain, the United States and Europe as the debt crisis spreads to routine forms of trade credit, choking off the finance for suppliers at the end of the commercial chain.

Atradius, the world's leading credit insurer, said there had been a sharp increase in the numb...

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Julian Llewellyn, OptimaRM MD

Julian Llewellyn OptimaRM MD speaks at the first SME Connect business growth seminar

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Julian Llewellyn, Managing Director of OptimaRM, was one of the keynote speakers at the first business growth seminar organised by SME Connect.

The first series of six seminars is underwritten by the RBS Group, aimed at owners and business leaders of small and medium sized companies and are specifically designed to help them grow...

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Credit insurers see claims surge

Credit insurers see claims surge

Monday, October 13, 2008

The number of claims received by credit insurers has risen as businesses continue to take a knock from payment defaults.

Figures released by the Association of British Insurers (ABI) today show that 5,702 claims were made to credit insurance firms in the second quarter of 2008, an increase of 14 per cent compared with the same pe...

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Other News

Companies face cash squeeze as late payment of bills grows - Companies are suffering a cash squeeze from delayed invoice payments as the credit crunch begins to hit the “real” economy. Smaller businesses are complaining that some large customers have begun to extend their payment periods arbitrarily, putting a strain on their cashflows.
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The Times, April 14 2008

Full Audits in Decline - There has been a sharp decline in the number of companies filing audited accounts at Companies House following government legislation aimed at promoting business. Research found that only 13% of 2006 accounts filed were fully audited.

CCR Magazine, Jan 2008

A Trade Indemnity survey reported that in 1998 only 2% of UK trade invoices were paid on time and evidence suggested that payment periods continued to lengthen: over half of UK small and medium enterprises claimed that payment times worsened despite improved economic performance and only 12% of SME's receive payment within 30 days.

CM Journal, Dec 2007