Archive for August, 2009

Invoice Factoring for Staffing Companies

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

It is common for staffing firms to face cash challenges during times of growth.
Dealing with many different pay cycles, meeting payroll can become difficult. Many
staffing firms will turn to payroll funding or factoring to get them though their time
of need. While payroll funding is a good option for some staffing firms, factoring
offers more flexibility.

At a glance, here are some of the differences between Payroll Funding and Factoring
a staffing company:

PAYROLL FUNDING:

Funding only the payroll portion of the invoice

Long-term contracts

Usually the staffing firm must submit all time cards

No Credit guarantee

Funding Company takes over invoices payroll and tax processing

FACTORING WITH US:

Funding of entire invoice. The staffing firm may use the funds for any purpose,
payroll, marketing, expanding, etc.

No long-term contracts required

Staffing firm has total control over which invoices they submit to us.

Credit guarantee, in factored invoices

Will fund into staffing firm’s payroll account

Staffing firm manages payroll, insurance, etc

The benefits of factoring with us really boil down to adding profit to your bottom
line. Before you factor, make sure you can take advantage of the features and
leverage them into value:

TAKE ON ADDITIONAL BUSINESS

Most of our staffing clients can do more business if they have better cash flow.
Some real examples are:

Immediate access to your working capital

Shifting manpower from collection to marketing for growth

Meeting payroll efficiently and consistently

REDUCE EXPENSES

Many of our clients in the staffing industry actually reduce expenses by outsourcing
credit and administration to us, and by leveraging their healthy cash position. The
most common ways include:

Eliminating bad debt with our credit guarantee

Reducing collection and administrative expenses

IMPROVE YOUR FINANCIAL CONDITION

Exchanging invoices for cash enables some staffing businesses to “get current” or
reduce strains caused by tight cash flow. It also improves their own credit rating
which is critical to do business with larger customers. Here are some examples we
frequently see:

Meeting regular payroll obligations

Bringing payroll taxes current

Reaching a higher quality customer base

How can YOUR Temporary Staffing company benefit from Factoring?

Every staffing company has a unique situation. Before signing up to factor, it’s
important to estimate how our services can increase your business, reduce your
expenses, and improve your financial situation.

Afra AmirSanjari is the Principal for Peacock Capital. Peacock Capital specializes in
solving the cash flow challenges of Small/Medium Businesses, Government Vendors
and Individuals with innovative financial solutions by providing a network for
securing operating capital.

http://www.peacockcapital.com;
info@peacockcapital.com

A Credit Repair Agency-What Can It Do For You

Sunday, August 9th, 2009

A credit repair agency advertises that it can help you repair bad credit so that you will qualify for that loan you need to buy a new car or take a vacation. However, you do have to be careful when engaging the services of one of these agencies because many of them will not provide you with any information. In fact, that is all you can hope for with a credit repair agency because you are the only one that can repair your bad credit.

If you contact a credit counselling agency, you will get valuable advice. However, you should not have to pay for this service. There is a wealth of information available on the Internet to help you with your credit problems and even workbooks that you can download for free. Instead of spending your hard earned money paying for advice from a credit repair agency, there are many tips and techniques that you can get free.

The main advice you about helping you to repair your credit is that you do need to request a free copy of your credit report. There are three major credit agencies that have a file on you and your borrowing habits. By law you are entitled to one free report a year and everyone should review his/her credit report at least once a year to make sure there are no mistakes. When you contact a credit repair agency, you may get a free report, but you might also have to sign up and pay for credit counselling services.

If you are having a difficult time keeping your credit in check and find yourself in over your head, then you might benefit from the services of a credit counselling agency. If you are contemplating bankruptcy, the people at these agencies can come up with ways to help you prevent this. The counselling agencies have people trained in dealing with creditors and will negotiate with them to take a lower amount of payment. They can also help you negotiate a debt consolidation loan, which will pay off your outstanding accounts. Just keep in mind that this type of credit repair agency cannot wipe any items from your credit report.

You can take charge of doing your own credit repair without having to resort to using a credit repair agency. If you are really determined to bring up your credit scores, you can start by making a conscientious effort to make all your payments on time. Maybe a consolidation loan is the route you should take. If you are just being remiss with sending in your payments and are not having any financial difficulty, you will just be wasting your money with a credit repair agency. Once you start taking charge of your finances, your credit rating will soon start to rise.

Do you really need a commercial credit repair agency? Probably not.

To download a free copy of Peter’s Credit Repair book visit Peter’s Website http://www.credit-repair-answers.com/ Credit Repair Answers and find out about Credit Bureaus http://www.credit-repair-answers.com/credit-bureaus.html and more, including Credit Repair Services, Free Credit Reports and Online Credit Repair.