Resolving the issue of late payments – a must-read guide for SMEs

The issue of late payments and other unresolved commercial disputes is rarely out of the news at the moment.  And for good reason. Accounting software provider Xero estimates that SMEs have £131 billion tied up in late payments, while Pay.UK revealed that SMEs spend...

Escalate wins ‘Innovation of the Year’ at the Modern Law Awards

Escalate, the ground breaking dispute and bad debt resolution service, was named ‘Innovation of the Year’ at the 2020 Modern Law Awards last night. Escalate was also highly commended in the ‘Business Growth Award’. Chris Clay, Managing Director...

Escalate nets a hat-trick at the Modern Law Awards

Escalate has been shortlisted in three categories at the 2020 Modern Law Awards. The business has been named a finalist for ‘Innovation of the Year’, ‘Boutique Firm of the Year’ and the ‘Business Growth Award’. The winners of these...

Our year in review… How Escalate has helped SMEs resolve their disputes in 2019

The year ending 30 September 2019, our second full year of trading, saw us continue to build on our successes and further demonstrate the growth capacity of our business model. With high demand from UK SMEs recognising they no longer have to write off commercial...

Chris Clay’s blog – An Escalate Story

I wanted to share a real Escalate story with you. It follows a typical dispute theme, but with a few twists to allow me to raise some hypothetical questions. The questions are all rhetorical and highlight some of the challenges that Escalate was designed to overcome....