Sterling Debt Recovery

Temp to perms are usually fairly simple cases, the candidate is taken on as a temporary worker or contractor on day rate, they reach the end of their placement, some time later you find they’ve been hired on a permanent contract, a transfer…

Recruitment debts owed by large corporations can often be caused by poor communication or weak process in the debtor’s business. They can often be difficult to collect, with managers within the corporation being bound by internal rules,…

In this case our client, a recruiter specialising in placing accountants into accountancy firms, placed a bookkeeper with a small firm in Manchester. The bookkeeper had the relevant qualifications that the accountancy firm had specified and…

Our client, a UK based firm of head-hunters specialising in the commodity and private banking sectors, engaged Sterling’s HireChecker service to analyse their data for back door cases.

In this case our client is a construction sector recruiter. Their debtor is a large property development company (let’s call them Business A) owing £38k in temp and transfer fees.

Several businesses have sought advice from Sterling, asking whether they should suspend their credit control collection process completely until the lock-down is lifted, fearing that chasing payments now may damage customer relationships.

In the current business environment caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19), it’s crucial for businesses to protect cash flow. Whilst many companies are taking positive steps, others are intentionally ‘washing their hands’ of their payment…