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I was asked by a female client to trace the father of her 40 year old son.

No contact since child born and was only given full name (fairly common name), date of birth and last known address in Essex –and already known to have moved out a long time ago – parents address  – long since departed.

Through my endeavours, extensive data base searches, calls to neighbours and old friends and 2 visits to the town in Essex , I finally traced the person concerned last Monday. Managed to find some of his personal details and reported findings to my client. All within 2 weeks of instructions and a very reasonable fee.

At first I thought this was an impossible job, but David Degiorgio of London House Services came up trumps…………….

For more information on London House Services, call David on 01473 250066 or ipswich@lh-services.co.uk

Did you know that …

• A survey by communications giant Orange found that 62% of staff working for firms with more than 1,000 employees would be prepared to work flexibly to aid their firm’s chance of survival during the recession.

• From 1 October 2009, the limit on a week’s pay for the purposes of calculating a statutory redundancy payment will rise from £350 to £380.

Although redundancy may seem inevitable to some organisations, there may be other options.  Private sector firms including KPMG, Jaguar Land Rover, JCB and Ryanair all opted to reduce working hours or implement pay freezes earlier this year in a bid to save jobs and hang on to key talent and both Nissan and Honda have cut production and brought in short time working.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants predicts that the UK economy will grow by 0.5% in the third quarter of 2009 and confidence in the economy is rising so it may not be the best option to lose skilled employees that could be costly to replace as things improve.  Short time working or layoffs can be effective in handling temporary work shortages and adverse trading conditions without having to resort to redundancy.

However, many businesses do not have a clause for this in their contract of employment which can make this area a legal minefield.

Come to our FREE Employment Contract briefing on Thursday 26th November at Basepoint Ipswich, Ransomes Europark to find out more about this and other common employment contract pitfalls.  Enjoy a buffet breakfast and networking opportunities from 8am before the briefing starts at 8.30am, finishing by 9.45am.

Following the briefing, we are offering an Open House HR surgery.  Book a FREE 10 minute appointment to speak to an HR expert for a one-to-one discussion.  Why not bring your organisation’s contract of employment along for a quick review?

To book your place please email contact@pds-hr.com or call 0800 907 1015 specifying whether you would like to attend the briefing, surgery or both.  Places are strictly limited and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

For more information about Pinnacle and the services they offers go to www.pds-hr.com

BNI Cobbold on Facebook

You are cordially invited to become a fan of BNI Cobbold Ipswich on our very own Facebook Page.

The page features up to the minute postings from the BNI Cobbold leadership team and members.

If you would like to be part of the growth of our Chapter in Ipswich, please visit our page on Facebook and become a fan.

If you know of anyone else in your contacts on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or any of the other Social Networks, please feel free to ‘Retweet’ or ‘Share’ this post.

We look forward to welcoming you.

Matt Porter
Web Site Coordinator
BNI Cobbold Ipswich

If I tut-tut about cases of multiple debts going back maybe years, you’ll probably assume that I’m sniping at ne’er-do-wells who borrow without intending to repay and who make lenders’ lives a misery.

No, I mean lenders. Because creditors can be guilty of precisely those faults they criticise in debtors: improvidence, disorganisation, and procrastination.

There are people who lend to relatives or even strangers without security. Some people lend without knowing who they have the agreement with. Many are owed money by numbers of debtors and do absolutely nothing, while others threaten action, do nothing, and so lose all credibility.

And action isn’t necessarily difficult. I have handled cases of multiple indebtedness where I have recovered some of the debts with a single phone call and the majority within 48 hours. On one occasion, a debtor who refused payment on Monday settled in full on Tuesday!

I’m often told that creditors hesitate to act for fear of losing a customer, especially in competitive markets. I really do wonder why the custom of a non-payer is so valuable: an unpaid builder, for example, is losing not simply profit, but also working capital spent on labour. And in any case, as I stressed in my previous newsletter, responsible debt collectors like myself seek to preserve relationships, not sever them.

Of course, some debts are irrecoverable, as we’ll see in a future letter. But the sooner you act, the better the chance of success. And even if I fail to recover your money, you will at least know where you stand: you’ll have information allowing you to decide whether to give up a pointless chase or take legal action.

In the event of legal action, of course, I am able to act for you.

So if I am to act for a client, who might that client be? Clients can be local traders or professionals, a plumber, solicitor, landlord or hairdresser. Additionally, through London House, I am retained by major banks and building societies. And, of course, I work for private individuals whose problems involve family or friends.

However, any of these clients is capable of doing nothing about money they’re owed. It’s an awkward predicament from which I can release them.

Because debtors, please note! As we shall see, however long the delay, however far you roam, you can still be traced!

For information on any matter relating to the above, call David Degiorgio on his mobile 07740 443083 at any time. Other services include Trace Enquiries, Information Gathering, Process Serving and Fraud Investigation

10 Minute Presentation

Right now Matt Porter is presenting his business and particularly Social Media Pack as part of his 10 Minute presentation to BNI Cobbold Chapter in Ipswich, UK. Its 8.08am (London Time), and we are sitting in David Lloyd Health Club.

Matt is demonstrating Social Media Pack’s integration with Wordpress, Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr, and how companies using the power of social networking working together with  ‘permission marketing’ can effectively drive ‘warm’ leads to their web sites.

If you know of a business that is looking to market themselves to millions of potential customers, ask them to contact Matt Porter Web Design at socialmedia@mattporter.com

If you want to follow Matt on the social networks and find out more about Social Media Pack, go to:

For Social Media Pack information go to:-

http://twitter.com/socialmediapack
http://www.facebook.com/socialmediapack
http://www.socialmediapack.co.uk

To follow Matt directly on Twitter go to:-

http://twitter.com/mattporterwd

Are you a photographer in the Ipswich or surrounding areas?

Would you benefit from qualified leads from a group of  professionals who meet every week to exchange business referrals?

If the answer to either of the above is YES, we would like to cordially invite you to attend the BNI Cobbold Chapter weekly meeting.

BNI is a one member per business category group, photographers are normally part of the power circle that is also contains florists, printers, graphic designers etc.

If you are interested in attending our weekly breakfast meeting, please contact bnicobbold@mattporter.com to find out more.