Non Status Leasing
Ok here is what happened today and I am quite angry about this.
A customer (note we never call them clients) contacted us today to enquire about non status leasing. I asked why he would require to go for sub prime leasing rather than for prime finance. Let’s call our customer Mr R. Our Mr R had some quite large contracts with the building company that he owned. He was contracted in the south east of the UK to provide work to grade 2 listed buildings that were owned by various Government Departments.
In December 07 Mr R’s company provided invoices for work performed for the various government owned buildings. He was not paid. However as his vat return was due he had to include the vat on every invoice even though he had not been paid the vat, so he could pay the vat man. So the vat man proceeded to go to court against Mr R’s company and they won.
Despite other UK Government bodies owing Mr R’s company and not paying, the customs and excise made Mr R and his company bankrupt.
I hear lots of tales from customers of woe. This one I believe as Mr R gave me authority to search his company and there it was, CCJ registered in favour of customs and excise (vat man) against his company.
So the Government owed Mr R yet they chose another route, let’s take all he is worth, this way we don’t have to pay him.
Mr R should not have to have sub prime leasing but it is the only way forward for him. A hard working man, who built a business employing 70 people is raped by the very people he provided services to.
TO DATE MR R HAS NEVER BEEN PAID FOR THE WORK HIS COMPANY DID. Why? Quite simply his company does not exist any longer. The Government of the UK removed his company by making it bankrupt, thus avoiding having to pay for services provided.
