Have you been struggling to get paid on time in 2011??

This could be the best New Year’s Resolution you’ll ever make for your business – and the easiest to carry out.
 
 
When planning for 2012, irrespective of how innovative and advantageous the business plans will be, they all depend on the availability of adequate cash flow – the lifeblood of a business. Sound cash flow is not just the cash in and out, but is also about the timing of these cash movements.
 
If you don’t know when – or if – payments are coming in, you can’t plan for next week let alone the next six months. Even more seriously, if you don’t make sure you get paid on time, you’re putting your own business at risk. 
 
Good cash flow is a rarity these days – and becoming rarer. But it’s cash that keeps a business afloat, pays the wages, and drives growth. And it’s lack of cash that keeps business owners walking a tightrope with the bank, spending on credit, and waking up worrying in the wee small hours.
 
Do you know how much you are owed? 
 
If the answer is yes, then you know how much is at stake and how important it is to get that money in. If the answer is no, then it’s time to find out so you can take action before it’s too late. With the increasing number of business failures, there’s a very real chance that customers who don’t pay on time become customers who don’t pay at all.
 
Don’t become a statistic.
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are owed a total of 33.6 billion pounds – a rise of 10 percent in the last 12 months and the highest figure since records began in September 2007. “The issue of late payment is continuing to get worse for SMEs in the UK at a time when they need to be able to plan ahead for growth and ensure a strong cash flow”, said Mike Hutchinson, head of marketing at Bacs. (2nd Nov 2011)
 
When you’re running a business, it’s hard to keep on top of everything. When urgent operational issues take priority, credit control slips, and that’s when businesses start to get into trouble.
 
 Cash flow problems are the single biggest cause of business failure.
  
Do something different...
 
There is an easy way to protect your business from the worry of unpaid bills – and you don’t need to divert staff from other priorities or recruit additional staff.
 
At Query Management, we provide professional outsourced credit management services for businesses determined not to become victims of poor cash flow.
 
Our clients get paid sooner, because we combine streamlined credit control procedures with regular human contact. We work to develop positive relationships, and you can be confident we will treat your customers as the important people they are. 
 
We have a flexible approach, so you can decide exactly what elements of your credit management you would like to outsource.  
 
We can:
·         Take over your whole sales ledger, or just selected accounts;
·         Manage your credit control on a long-term basis, get you up-to-date as a one-off project, or provide short-term cover for sickness and holidays. 
·         Pursue bad debts immediately
·         Provide full credit checks on new and existing customers.
 
 
With Query Management, you can get your cash flow under control. All you have to do is make the decision. 
 
“We banked an extra £20,000 in the first week of the contract we would not normally have received until weeks from now.”
 
We’re not a call centre. We work with people not reference numbers, and we’re dedicated to just one thing: keeping your cash flow healthy and protecting your profits.
 
Call Chris Gibbons now on01625 878198 or emailchris@querymanagement.co.uk,and make 2012 the year you stop struggling to get paid. 
 
You can visit our website at www.querymanagement.co.uk
 
 
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