With the growing interest rates of lenders, many businesses can’t seem to get out of serious debt. Several things can be done to help get your business slowly out of it. You can do it by yourself, or you can hire a company for assistance. Here are some things you should consider.
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Reduce Expenses
If you don’t want to invest more money in your business, then you should look into areas of the company where costs can be cut. It may seem like a complicated thing to do, but it is necessary. If you can reduce the space being used by your employees, then you can sublease an area for another company.
If there is any unused equipment in the office, think about selling it. Don’t forget about payments that occur infrequently, that will continue to be a burden unless you actively cancel them. The last option and the most unsettling one is to let go of some of your employees.
Negotiate Agreements
If you have any long-term suppliers of products or services, contact them and negotiate terms to reduce your costs. Some may extend the payment periods of future transactions by 30 to 90 days, which will make it easier for your company to pay them back.
Others might give you discounts on instant payments, helping you cut costs by up to 10% of the essential services. In a few cases, they might even allow you to some extra time to pay off your existing debts. Keep in mind that slow payments and other similar issues will show up on your business credit reports. Monitor credit reports regularly to check for any negative information.
Debt Consolidation
If your company is facing financial difficulties that can’t be quickly resolved, then you can try to reconstruct the debt. It means that you directly negotiate with your creditors to refinance existing obligations to gain more flexibility in paying back the loans.
Reconstructing debt is more efficient and cost-effective in the long run. It can be a stressful solution, but many companies provide helpful services. Equify Financial can help you carry this out, among other services. Debt reconstruction can allow you to include equity swap to reduce the loans; this means that the creditors might agree to cancel all or some of the debt for equity in the company.
Bankruptcy
As a final resort, you can file for bankruptcy to defer payments to creditors through a legally enforced pause. You will have to hire an attorney that specializes in these cases. The case is taken to court, and the company will communicate with its creditors and a judge to work out a payment plan for all your debt.
If your company fails to keep up with the repayments, then you must liquidate the company to pay the creditors. If your business’s assets are worth less than the total debt, then filing for bankruptcy might allow you to pay only what the assets are worth.
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