Credit and Finance
How to avoid getting tangled in VAT fraud
Credit guru Eddie Pacey explains how businesses can scrutinise their supply chains to make sure they don't become a scapegoat in a VAT fraud
£20m VAR seeks buyer after entering administration
Administrators say the business 'suffered from severe cashflow issues'
Corporate insolvency levels hit five-year high
Insolvencies in second quarter driven by rise in creditors' voluntary liquidations
Ray of cautionary hope for some of Beta's creditors
Latest administrator's report indicates that it is 'possible' that the distie's secured and preferential creditors could get some money back
Scottish Cisco partner Hutchinson Networks goes into administration
'Rising star in global IT network deployment' hits the wall
AI vendor hints at IPO after recent $7bn valuation
UiPath raises $568m in its recent Series D funding round
Eddie Pacey's credit casebook: Getting paid
Credit guru Eddie Pacey emphasises that good credit control is vital as he reminisces on a case involving an Essex-based reseller
Flurry of funding for cloud data warehouse vendor Snowflake
Snowflake raises $450m to boost engineering and sales capabilities
Is this the fastest-growing enterprise software company ever?
Robotics company UiPath claims it is now valued at $3bn after $225m funding round
Meet the hot new cloud storage vendor taking on AWS
Wasabi Technologies to go international in the cloud storage market after raising $68m in latest funding round
Birmingham-based comms provider raises £75m war chest for expansion
Wavenet's new 'firepower' will lead to new acquisitions soon
Cloud storage player Cloudian raises $94m in funding
Vendor will use funding to expand global sales, marketing, and its engineering team
Slack hits $7bn valuation with $427m funding round
The workplace communications app attracted nearly half a billion dollars in latest funding round
OCSL sells up to German reseller Cancom
£85m-revenue VAR will act as UK hub for Cancom as it ramps up international expansion plans
Analyst hints at printer revival in Europe
Context reports sales of hardware devices have flattened during most recent quarter
Revenues down but profits up at Redcentric
MSP admits it 'did not sell enough', as annual revenues fall to £100m
Troubled Maplin shuts up shop for good
Administrators for the failing electronics retailer had been hoping to find a buyer
Eddie Pacey's credit casebook: Playing the long game
Veteran credit management expert Eddie Pacey recalls a case from the 1990s when he helped out a stricken system builder
Leeds reseller LDD Group enters administration
Buyer being sought to secure £8m-revenue IT, comms and managed print supplier's long-term future
Further Maplin redundancies as search for buyer continues
Another 66 roles go as struggles continue for the electricals retailer after it went bust last month
Maplin goes bust, with gadget price spikes partly blamed
PwC will trade the business as normal while it seeks a buyer
Tech Data boosts funding for SME resellers
Distributor trebles credit available to SMB partners to £1m
Avaya CEO rings NYSE bell as vendor floats
Comms vendor goes public a year after slipping into Chapter 11
Is the era of cheap credit insurance over?
The environment for cheap credit insurance premiums appears to be nearing its end, according to Rycroft Associates' Mike Stott
