LDPA Office Hours Christmas & New Year
Friday 23rd December - Closed from 12 noon
Monday 26th December - Closed
Tuesday 27th December - Closed
Wednesday 28th December - Open 10am - 3pm
Thursday 29th December - Open 10am - 3pm
Friday 30th December - Open 10am - 3pm
Monday 2nd January 2012- Closed
Tuesday 3rd January - Normal office hours
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Season's Greetings
Best wishes from all at LDPA Credit Insurance for a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Successful 2012. Once again, instead of sending cards, LDPA Credit Insurance has made a contribution of £300 to this year's charity, RNLI.
John, Tom, Emma, Steve, Hilda, Paul & Gary
November 2011 Bulletin
The UK Government’s Insolvency Service released figures on Friday showing that company insolvencies were up by 0.1% on the previous quarter and up by 6.5% on the same quarter a year ago. That sounds like bad news, but what does it mean? Q3 GDP figures showed that UK output increased by 0.5% (up from....
August 2011 Bulletin
The UK Government’s Insolvency Service announced insolvency figures for Q2 on Friday, advising of an increase in corporate insolvencies by 2.7% on the previous quarter and an increase of 4.4% on the same period a year ago.
These figures come as no surprise given various high profile....
May 2011 Bulletin
The increase shown in the levels of company insolvencies for England and Wales during Q1 2011 is a reminder that we have not yet weathered the recession. Company liquidations increased by 3.7% on the previous quarter and 2.1% on the same period a year ago.
Of greater concern is the outlook....
February 2011 Bulletin
2011 Another year of uncertainty?
Christmas Charity Donation 2010
LDPA has decided not to send Christmas cards again this year and has made a donation to the charity NSPCC. A copy of their acknowledgement of this donation is available by clicking the link below.
http://www.ldpa.co.uk/esigs/nspcc.html
....November 2010 Bulletin
Rok Solid Recovery
The Insolvency Statistics released on Friday for Q3 2010 seemed to indicate a position of steady improvement regarding UK insolvencies – corporate insolvencies being down on both the previous quarter and on the same quarter last year....
May 2010 Bulletin
The insolvency statistics released on Friday 7th May show a decrease in compulsory liquidations and creditors’ voluntary liquidations by 8.4% on the previous quarter and by 17.8% on the same quarter a year ago. So can we say that these figures, coupled with the recent GDP figures showing growth in the UK economy of 0.2% for Q1 2010 show that the recession is now ov....
August 2010 Bulletin
The figures released by the Insolvency Service on Friday 6th August for the second quarter 2010 show an increase in corporate insolvencies of 0.5% of the previous quarter and a decrease of 19.1% on the same quarter a year ago. What do these figures tell us? Things are bad but not as bad as a year ago? Perhaps we have weathered th....
February 2010 Bulletin
The 0.1% increase in GDP announced for Q4 2009 was heralded as great news that the UK economy was out of recession after 6 negative quarters but there are going to be further tough ti....
November 2009 Bulletin
The insolvency of First Quench (owner of Threshers, The Local, Wine Rack, and Haddows) was the first “big name” insolvency for some time – but the recession is continuing to bite and many more corporate failures will inevitably follow.
The figures released by The Ins....
August 2009 Bulletin
Are we over the worst?
May Bulletin Article
Government support for credit insurance
Recent press items have been looking for positive news with regard to the UK economy, consumer confidence is less negative than it has been since before Northern Rock went bust, stock markets are rising there are suggestions that the mortgage market may be coming back to life (Abbey announced that it expected t....
February Bulletin Article
The Impact of the Recession on business worsens
The figures released today by the DTI demonstrate the heightened risk involved in offering trade credit as the numbers of companies going into liquidation has soared in Q1 2009.
However, it still looks as though there is much worse to come. Equifax and Experian, the business information providers, track company administratio....
September worst month yet for UK Businesses
The number of distressed UK businesses has more than doubled since the start of the year, according to Begbies Traynor, the UK's leading business rescue, recovery and restructuring specialist.
* More than twice as many companies experiencing 'critical problems' since the start of 2008
* UK business feeling effects of ongoing economic turmoil
* IT, manufacturi....
November Bulletin Article
Let’s start with the good news! The Obama victory in the US presidential elections will bring a feel-good factor to play in the US economy as well as an increase in US government spending. These will combine to lift the US economy out of recession and lead an upturn in the world economy.
At home, the continuing lowering of interest rates by 1.5% this week, falling fuel prices....
August Bulletin Article
Whilst the increasing numbers of company liquidations are concerning enough, perhaps of greater concern is the increase in the number of companies facing “financial stress”. Figures from Begbies Traynor show a seven fold increase in companies facing financial stress (County Court Judgement of £5,000 or more, winding up petition, administration and receivership) in Q2 2008....
A shining reputation - It's onwards and upwards for Stoneguard (Holdings) plc
It’s rather unusual for most people to consider the work that is undertaken to keep Britain’s most prized buildings looking clean and as stunning as the day that they were built. In the skilled sector that carries out this cleaning, restoration and maintenance work, there is one company that emerges as the clear market leader. This company is Stoneguard (Holdings) Plc.
Formed almost 4....
M/K Wheeler: Over 50 years of success
M/K Wheeler is an unusual story – a family business started in 1948 and still trading successfully today!
Over its 55-year history, the company has survived and prospered through some very turbulent times and has grown to become a UK market leader in steel tube stockholding including chrome bars, aluminium and other ferrous and non-ferrous metals supplying to Corus, Wolseley Centres and Cat....
LDPA Office Hours Christmas & New Year
Friday 23rd December - Closed from 12 noon
Monday 26th December - Closed
Tuesday 27th December - Closed
Wednesday 28th December - Open 10am - 3pm
Thursday 29th December - Open 10am - 3pm
Friday 30th December - Open 10am - 3pm
Monday 2nd January 2012- Closed
Tuesday 3rd January - Normal office hours
Best wishes f....
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