We're not running many public seminars at the moment but due to specific requests we've scheduled a Law of Credit Management and Psychology of Credit Management seminar for Auckland.

New Credit Management Publication

My three earlier books are all long out of print, and I have so many new things to tell people, so it's definitely time for another book. It's provisionally entitled On Talking to Debtors...

Indian debt collection call centres

This is audio of a radio interview Peter Hattaway did in December 2009 on the subject of off-shore call centres. Click to play. 

Hattaways Credit Management Training occupies an important niche in the credit industry in Australasia. We specialise in training for the industry and we believe, with some justification, that no-one spends more time and effort on the development of credit management training materials than Hattaways.

New Australian and New Zealand seminars scheduled for 2010

Wisdom from the guru

The guru

Beware of Doubtful Debt Collectors

Accountants, being used to the concept of audited trust accounts, may be surprised to learn that debt collection agencies don’t actually use them. Many of them have an account which they call a trust account and label as such on the cheque book but that’s just little fiction that they share with the bank. Given the misunderstanding that exists amongst debt collectors about the difference between these apparent trust accounts and real... (Click to continue)

From our latest Australian bulletin - Vol 11, No 2, February 2010

  1. How directors ripped off their creditors, and how ASIC pursued the lawyer who advised them
    A case to strike fear into the hearts of dastardly business advisors. Go ASIC!
  2. Company closes down and new one takes over the business – creditor not told
    Director ends up personally liable for misleading and deceptive conduct
  3. A reminder that owning a struggling business is very stressful
    Another potted history of small business failure in the Queensland building industry

Have a look at previous Australian bulletins or have a look at the New Zealand bulletin instead