With the hospitality industry still recovering from the after-effects of the Covid pandemic, Collection House Ltd has seen a major increase in instructions from the food and drink sector. From multi-million pound companies such as Costcutter, Butcombe Brewery Ltd and the BAKO Group, to local pubs and catering companies, our agents have the expertise to recover what is rightfully owed to you.
Client: Cost Cutter
Debt recovered including fees: £11,275.36
Time taken to recover: 10 months
True cost to client: Collection of debt owed to Cost Cutter via legal process
Case explained: Collection House were instructed by Cost Cutter to chase a debt, owed by a retailer. The retailer had applied for bankruptcy, so a legal claim for the amount was put to the debtor as a Statutory Demand. Full payment was made with £ 3,930.35 in late fees.
Client: Butcombe Brewery Ltd
Debt recovered including fees: £733.72
Time taken to recover: 4 months
Overview: Collection of debt owed to Butcombe Brewery for 5 months prior to CH obtaining full payment via instalments.
Case explained: Collection House were instructed by Butcome Brewery Ltd to chase a debt, owed by one of their pubs. Butcombe had the debt for over 5 months and then passed it onto CH. CH made contact with debtor and put forward an option of a payment plan. Butcombe were unsure as debtor was notorious for not sticking to paytments. CH maintained contact so that payment was made each month until the debt was cleared. Full payment was finalised after 4 instalments.
Client: BAKO Group Limited
Debt recovered including fees: £4397.82
Time taken to recover: 9 days
True cost to client: Collection House managed to secure payment, based on a letter of claim, for the full amount, in just 9 days.
Case explained: Collection House were instructed to recover a debt from wholesaler what had been with their accounts team for 3 months. A letter of claim was sent out and full payment was made just a few days later.
Client: Roundstone Catering Equipment Ltd
Debt recovered including fees: £1181.76
Time taken to recover: 60 days
Overview: Collection of debt owed to local catering company, after chasing for 4 months.
Case explained: Collection House were instructed by Roundstone Catering Equipment Ltd to chase a debt, owed by a local restaurant. Roundstone had the debt for over 4 months with little to no contact with debtor. The client sent cotnact details that were generally wrong so CH made contact and sourced new contact details. CH spoke to accounts albeit this proved fruitless. CH continued escalating with the threat of legal action. CH obtained contact details for MD and Operations Director. Payment was finally made on all 5 invoices so that all monies were recovered.
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