Recent Blog Entries
AYOM awaits fate in the 2019 BIBAs final
Are You Owed Money Ltd has been selected as finalists in 2 BIBAs categories this year. After meeting judges for medium and high growth business of the year, the company awaits our fate on September 13ths final.
Wednesday, 17th July 2019
AYOM enjoys a Courage Best Bitter at Preston Hopfest
AYOM attended Preston Grasshoppers’ annual Hopfest for the second time, sponsoring long time British favourite, Courage best bitter.
Friday, 12th July 2019
New trends in modern debt collection
Debt collection is changing and with it we are seeing a number of new trends in the processes, handling and staffing in the industry. AYOM discusses the trends we have discovered as we evolve with the industry.
Tuesday, 2nd April 2019
Chargebacks and holding periods in debt collection
Chargebacks account for a percentage of money collected by debt collectors. For this reason it is very common to see holding periods. We look into what charge backs are and why holding periods are necessary.
Wednesday, 27th March 2019
AYOM select charity partners for 2019-20
AYOM staff have selected their charity partners for 2019. This time we have selected a national charity and a local charity. News on events to come soon.
Friday, 15th March 2019
International Women’s Day: our GM shares her experience
AYOM’s General Manager, Marie Mitchell, has had a long, successful career. It hasn’t always been easy being a female senior manager in business but she now stands as a mainstay within the company, helping it to achieve bigger and better things.
Friday, 8th March 2019
AYOM achieves the Investors In People Accreditation for the first time
January saw AYOM participate in and achieve its first ever accreditation for the Investors In People standard. After many months of culture change and structural changes, the company is proud to have achieved the global standard.
Friday, 1st February 2019
Barclays to enable blocking of payments from pubs and gambling sites - consumer debt news
Barclays are enabling a card blocking option for at risk consumer debt orientated customers as they allow card holders to opt in to automatically declining payments in locations such as pubs, gambling shops, restaurants and takeaways.
Wednesday, 9th January 2019
Citizen's Advice - Council Tax debt collection standards
AYOM want to show our support for independent regulations and revisiting the way local authorities are fulfilling debt collection practices relating to taxes. With many seemingly taking an aggressive enforcement stance from the beginning, we urge councils to seek pre-legal mediation as best practice.
Tuesday, 11th December 2018
HMRC strategy - people urged to "secure new debts to pay debt"
HMRC have caused a stir by requesting debtors pay for their tax by securing personal or commercial loans. Due to not being a preferential creditor now, HMRC are seemingly attempting to find ways to become one unofficially making requests such as these. Many are sceptical; commenting that HMRC’s debts are no more important than a local tradespersons.
Tuesday, 20th November 2018
Recent Posts
Why are debt collectors useful for the economy?
Friday, 31st January 2020
AYOM raises over £130 for BBC Children In Need 2019
Thursday, 21st November 2019
Universal credit debt risk for families this Christmas
Wednesday, 13th November 2019
Debt Dictionary: a guide to common debt recovery terminology
Wednesday, 13th November 2019
What is a debt recovery agency?
Friday, 1st November 2019