In the race to scale, every business strives to win clients, refine services, and increase revenue. Yet one challenge can silently undermine all that momentum:...
Late payments are often blamed on clients, but agency behaviour plays a major role. Small signals like vague terms, inconsistent reminders, or overly casual follow-ups, can teach clients...
The Hidden Risk Behind Growth
Small recruitment agencies often run lean operations — focused on delivering great service, winning new clients, and placing candidates quickly....
How Overdue Recruitment Fees Quietly Stall Growth
At first, it doesn’t feel like a problem. One unpaid invoice. Then another. Placements are still being made. Consultants are still billing. But behind the...
When Familiarity Undermines Authority
In recruitment, strong relationships are an asset… until they’re not. The closer you get to a client, the easier it becomes for boundaries to blur. Payment terms are stretched, disputes drag on, and...
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 fee is due. This case is a little different.
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, which for them overrule contract law.
"..........I would like to single out our contact, Neil, who has been a big help and valued advisor throughout the covid downturn. Neil has helped us in recovering a number of debts – one of which was nearly three years old! He has always been personable and honest throughout all of our dealings, which I really appreciate!..........."
So how should companies go about chasing invoices in this kind of environment?
The overall strategy will differ depending on the financial status of the...
Sterling Debt Recovery, an international debt collection company specialising in the recruitment sector, are continuing to invest in the ongoing development of their HireChecker...
