Coodes

Trusted for 10 years

For many businesses credit control is an on-going issue.Late or non paying customers can cause serious cash flow issues and threaten the viability of a business as well as the ability to pay suppliers. At the very least it can sour relationships with  customers and take up your valuable time.Coodes understands that credit control is vital to business success and also the need for costs certainty in seeking legal advice. We have therefore introduced two fixed price products DebtPrevent and DebtRecover.Our experienced debt recovery team will smooth your path through debt collection and with a respected firm like Coodes you can be sure that your customers will be dealt with sensitively but firmly. DebtPreventFor businesses that prefer ‘hands on’ credit control help at the outset, we can work seamlessly with you to prevent unpaid invoices becoming a risk and cost to your firm.How does it work?Prior to the expiry of your invoice payment period the details are passed to our DebtPrevent team. We send a formal reminder to the customer on your behalf and further to your instructions continue with a pre-action letter if no response is received. We can also provide related telephone advice to you and deal with your customer’s requests for payment options.Where urgent action is required we can send out reminders or pre-action letters the same working day if your instructions are received before 2pm.You subscribe to a simple rolling monthly agreement with us which can be started or cancelled at any time subject to a month’s notice.What is included?

• Immediate, relevant legal advice on your outstanding invoices
• Issue of formal reminder letter
• Issue of pre-action before claim letter
• Liaison and negotiation with customers with regards to payment
• Same day response
• Simple monthly payments designed for your size of business
• Experienced team in Cornwall’s longest established law firm

• Improve cash flow
• Easy budgeting
• Preserve customer relationships
• No hidden legal fees
• More time to spend running or managing the business
• Take the stress out of credit control
• Prevents issues before they start