Mckenzie Arnold

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john.m

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Doe's anyone have any recent updates on this company ?.
Any one had problems with pay etc ?.

Having submitted invoice's in August, still awaiting payment. The office in mostly uncontactable by telephone with no answer phone facility. Previously when the accounts department were contactable there seemed to be a lack of productive outcome of the situation in question.

"this is not an attempt to bad mouth or insult the company or the management , however is an attempt of enquiry, to seek anyone else in the same situation".

Maybe this is just an administration lapse.
 
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john.m said:
Doe's anyone have any recent updates on this company ?.
Any one had problems with pay etc ?.

Having submitted invoice's in August, still awaiting payment. The office in mostly uncontactable by telephone with no answer phone facility. Previously when the accounts department were contactable there seemed to be a lack of productive outcome of the situation in question.

"this is not an attempt to bad mouth or insult the company or the management , however is an attempt of enquiry, to seek anyone else in the same situation".

Maybe this is just an administration lapse.
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Yes I too am in the same situation. My invoice was due to be paid on the 7th Oct and is still unpaid. They are totally unreachable and the owner has been on holiday. I do know that their "favoured" contractors have been paid some time ago but although that being said we are not alone. Something is up seriously....
accounts and various
embers of staff fobbed me off at first with comments such as paid tomorrow, paid next week, when MJ is back, fill this form in, waiting on authorisation blah blah blah!

Now no answer! I would suggest you seek advice as I am doing and making plans to recover the debt with a solicitor.

Sorry to say this but I think we may be being taken for a ride.....

And if not certainly having the piss taken out of us....

Good luck on getting yours...
 
About 3 weeks ago was the last time I had any contact with them and as mentioned above, "payed by the end of the day, if not certainly tomorrow".
The unprofessionalism is outrageous, a fellow worker with us spoke to a certain individual in management through chasing contacts, this was last week. Apparently it was something to do with the system that was in place there.
The fact I haven't had no personal email just to let me know and keep me in the picture is disgusting.
We most certainly are being taken for a ride.
I will be taking legal action
Cheers guys and good luck too!
 
This sort of thing is becoming a familiar story I read.

What's the solution? Possibly a footnote at the bottom of your invoice that is legally advised...

A sad situation of the current state of things perhaps?



Rich H
 
Guys, if I may say and of course I mean to teach no-one here to suck eggs or to step on toes! but you need a 'Credit procedure'... it needs to be concise, it needs to meet certain criteria, it needs to be actionable, it needs to be served or delivered in such a way that it is taken seriously... otherwise companies and all and sundry will merely take the Piss!... CD
 
Having managed to contact certain individuals since posting, it is clear that it is not an administration lapse. Unfortunately im deployed in the middle east just now and comms are scarse and/or very expensive, thus making contact to be hanging around on the phone is not financially viable. At least now the more professional ones amongst us will know not to accept work from this company again.
 
I am in the situation, I worked the same contracts and have not been paid either. I know a few of the stewards and they have not been paid. I have spoken to the recruiter and was given this
" The contract company has not paid us, and we are doing our best to pay you all "
 
Rich H said:
This sort of thing is becoming a familiar story I read.

What's the solution? Possibly a footnote at the bottom of your invoice that is legally advised...

A sad situation of the current state of things perhaps?



Rich H
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Good point Rich.

I use this footnote on all my invoices.

Please note
Payment terms

Total payment due within
30 Days
Any questions regarding this invoice please contact me at the above address.

Additionally;

“We reserve the right to claim statutory interest at 8% above the Bank of England reference rate in force on the date the debt becomes overdue and at any subsequent rate where the reference rate changes and the debt remains unpaid in accordance with the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 as amended and supplemented by the Late Payment of Commercial Debts Regulations 2002."

I've never had to use the legal aspect of chasing monies owed..Luck i guess.

Good luck all on getting your earned monies.

D
 
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john.m said:
Doe's anyone have any recent updates on this company ?.
Any one had problems with pay etc ?.

Having submitted invoice's in August, still awaiting payment. The office in mostly uncontactable by telephone with no answer phone facility. Previously when the accounts department were contactable there seemed to be a lack of productive outcome of the situation in question.

"this is not an attempt to bad mouth or insult the company or the management , however is an attempt of enquiry, to seek anyone else in the same situation".

Maybe this is just an administration lapse.
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Mate, sorry to tell you, they knocked me two years ago - and then kept calling me about more work, total wrongun's.
 
Carl Dowd said:
Guys, if I may say and of course I mean to teach no-one here to suck eggs or to step on toes! but you need a 'Credit procedure'... it needs to be concise, it needs to meet certain criteria, it needs to be actionable, it needs to be served or delivered in such a way that it is taken seriously... otherwise companies and all and sundry will merely take the Piss!... CD
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Good point.
 
I would just like to add the MA have after 64 days paid. They have short changed and not paid the full invoice amount nor did they pay the statutory compensation and interest. They acquired a signature on a contract under false pretences in agreement of 60 day terms at the point that the payment was already 45 days due.

A word of warning here to all researching the heading above. BE CAUTIOUS OF THIS COMPANY! A company who earns millions on government based contracts and then sits on it for as long as possible stringing lie after lie after lie... with trickery to protect their arses.

This is not the first time they have done it and I'm sure its not the last.

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
 
Dcskeete said:
A company who earns millions on government based contracts and then sits on it for as long as possible stringing lie after lie after lie... with trickery to protect their arses.
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?? I thought MA was mainly an events security type company. Did some work for them in this regard in 2007 and at that time it was just events and some CP for events that they did. Has that changed significantly?

Just interested is all. No intention of working for them again. Not because of bad experiences, its just that I'm doing different stuff now.
 
not any info regarding MA but still

what i dont like is all these small companys making workers wait up to 60 and later to pay most people ( workers ) cant wait this long but the companys will still make a profit off our backs and most of the rates at the moment are low and makes it hard to make a living

if a worker has been contacted for work and the rate is low then maybe the company that is looking to employ said workers shoud take a hit on the intrest and wait for the cash and not the poor saps that are doing the work making the companys the profit in the 1st place

just a thought of course as the company has abit more clout than the self emplyed man

sorry to all that are waiting for payments i hope you get sorted soon

all the best cheers ed
 
our matter, just short of 50k, is in the hands of solicitors now. I am told they have done a load of people and folded twice before.
 
Anyone still owed money, credit check / risk access this company.

If invoice is late maybe 7 day notice and then file with courts online.
 
mckenzie arnold update

having same problam with mckenzie arnold, i and my lad both have outstaning wages from them it aperas that there are a lot owing money to them, doing a componys check it aperes, the name mckenzie arnold has been used in the essex era for some yrs in diffrent formats and theses componys have been involved in the security industery and all but one has been disolved, the only one thats still active is mckenzie arnold & asociatses has same adress as some that have been disolved and phone no, maybe just a coinsidence, and martin jackson pops up as md and his wife a director, still jackson is a common name, just like to say the job is had at times with out not getting paid for it, maybe its just an over site on mr jacksons beharth, but im not holding my breath, be safe when at work, and have a merry xmass and new yr
 
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