For many people, the thought of running their own business seems like the perfect way to make a living. But being your own boss isn’t always as good as it sounds, especially when times are tough. If it’s getting hard to make ends meet, and your business is getting into debt, you need to try and manage the problem before it gets out of hand.
By improving the flow of money into and from your business, you may find that you can manage to resolve your business’s debt problem. Look at increasing the amount of money your business receives by investigating what grants or benefits you should be getting paid. Try to reduce your costs so the business is spending less money, but if this isn’t enough to solve all your business debts, you need to take further action.
Most businesses will find that they have priority debts and secondary debts. You should deal with all your business debts, but priority debts are the most important and should be dealt with first. These are debts like rent, business rates, and taxes, where there could be severe consequences if they are not paid. You may be evicted, have your power cut off, even sent to prison. Secondary debts are to creditors who don’t have the same ability to recover their money, such as credit card companies and unsecured loans.
You can make arrangements to repay your business debts in two ways. If your debt problem is only a short term situation, due to a temporary cash flow problem, many creditors will come to an informal arrangement with you to repay the debt. If the problem is more serious, and likely to take longer to resolve, a formal Company Voluntary Arrangement may be a better option for both you and creditors, and make your business debts more manageable while you work to pay them off.
If you can’t keep up your debt repayments, your company may become insolvent. Going into administration will afford you some protection and allow you to keep trading, while a way to repay your debts is found. If this still doesn’t resolve your business debt problem, liquidating the company, or going into receivership, will sell the assets belonging to the company in order to pay off as much of your debts as possible.
If you are finding that running your own business isn’t what you thought it would be, and your debts are becoming an issue, it’s important to get advice as soon as possible. Speak to someone who is qualified to help resolve issues with business debts – your bank manager might be a good place to start, or contact your local Business Link for more advice.
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