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    Advice on late payers and adding late payment charges to invoices

    Thank you all for the advice. We have added new payment terms to each invoice. Hopefully that will speed a few up and make cashflow better.
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    Advice on late payers and adding late payment charges to invoices

    Here is my new wording for the bottom of my invoices. Does this make sense? Feel free to re word if you want: Payment Terms: Payment is now due as stated on the invoice. Late payments made after 7 days from due date could incur a charge in addition to the 8.5% annual interest charged daily.
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    Advice on late payers and adding late payment charges to invoices

    Thanks for all the info. I think rather than have "Payment due on receipt" i should be more specific and specify a date it is due by and then say about later payment charges. I am led to belive i can charge 8.5% interest on late payments? how can i word this and how would i calculate it? Is it...
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    Advice on late payers and adding late payment charges to invoices

    Thank you will have a look at the link. So we can charge up to £40 for debts up to £999 and we charge daily interest. Could we set our payment terms for example invoice is due for payment within 7 days of receipt of invoice and after that interest is charged at xxx % a day and a £40 penalty is...
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    Advice on late payers and adding late payment charges to invoices

    Hi, We are a small cleaning company and recently we have a few commercial clients who need to be constantly chased for paying late. I know this is the norm in the industry but was wondering can we add late payment charges to our invoices. Currently we send an invoice after the first months...
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    Business Phone and Broadband Advice

    Just had a new quote from BT which seems ok. Working out £58 plus vat for what i am currently getting with them. Fibre broadband, line rental, caller display, call divert, free calls mobile and landline. I currently pay £71.80 plus vat. XLN cheaper but reviews not great BT reviews not the best...
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    Business Phone and Broadband Advice

    Its a complete minefield this as reviews really good for xln on trust pilot but some forums say avoid! i am confused now.
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    Business Phone and Broadband Advice

    I think im going to go with XLN. Spoke to a business owner yesterday and he said they were great.
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    Business Phone and Broadband Advice

    Thanks for all your help. I called bo online (b online) the same package im on with BT is half the price with BO! Saving £40 a month. Who else has used BO and are they any good?
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    CRM System Advice.

    thank you will have a look into it
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    CRM System Advice.

    We are looking for a basic crm system for our business. We want one that logs all the client details, staff details, turnover, invoicing and maybe one that can send newsletters/emails to clients. Also if we can send reminders to clients after a certain amount of time to get them to use us again...
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    Email Marketing Data

    Hi Leo, We are a cleaning company and we want to target multiple business's with our services. We get emails daily from mailchimp with firms wanting our business and i do click on if interested. It works! Its a numbers game and if someone is interested in your service they may contact you. You...
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    Email Marketing Data

    Hi All, New to the forum but seems really informative and glad ive joined. I am after doing an email marketing campaign and need a place to get data from so i can send emails to get new business. I know there are companies that can do all this for you but its pricey. Can anyone help and point me...
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    Business Phone and Broadband Advice

    ok thanks i will have a look. So many of the big names have bad reviews. Just dont know where to go. Id prefer to go with a relatively well known one. Can anyone else let me know who they use. Voip lines im not sure about. Its routed through the braodband isnt it? I want to keep my number and...