The laws and landscape of credit management have changed a great deal in the last year, particularly with the introduction of the National Credit Act. Is your credit department up to date with the law and requirements of credit management?

The seminar will be an overview for Commercial Creditors presented by Bentley Credit Control (Pty) Ltd.

This is a one day seminar in Cape Town to be held on the 21st September 2007 and Port Elizabeth on the 11th October 2007, at 8.30am for 9am. It is aimed at commercial creditors (businesses who supply other businesses on credit). It will cover all the basics that are needed to run a successful commercial credit control department with a business.

1. Credit Granting
1.1 Getting credit sales vs cautious credit granting
1.2 Credit Applications and standard terms and conditions of trade
1.3 Forms of security
1.4 Types of business debtors
1.5 Impact of the National Credit Act
1.6 Credit Vetting
1.7 Factoring and Credit Insurance as options
2. Managing Debtors
2.1 Maintaining Payment Terms
2.2 Watching payment patterns
3. Recovering Bad Debts
3.1 Instructing an attorney or debt collector
3.2 Debt Collections in the Magistrates Court
3.3 Liquidations as a tool of Debt Collections

Presenter:

Brett Bentley of Bentley Attorneys and Bentley Credit Control (Pty) Ltd, has been a practicing attorney since 1994 specialising in credit law and debt recovery. He has served as a director of the South African Institute of Credit Management and delivers seminars through out the country on various aspects of credit law, credit management and debt recovery.

Costs : R 950 per person including lunch

Venue: Cape Town – The Old Mutual Business School, Pinelands
Port Elizabeth – Nelson Mandela Metro University
Contact:
For Port Elizabeth, Sue on 0860 102049 or sales@creditcontrol.co.za; or
For Cape Town, John on 0860 102049 or john@creditcontrol.co.za