Enforcement agents are expected to chase up around 30,000 debts owed to Liverpool Council this year.
After the local authority approved a two-year extension to the contract for debt collectors on the very same day the existing terms were due to run out, a report to members of the finance and resources committee has revealed how busy they expect this year to be and how it will “assist with the council’s immediate financial requirements.” Liverpool Council agreed to enlist the services of enforcement agents in January 2019 to round up funds owed around council tax, business rates and parking.
The local authority has contracted Jacobs, Newlyn, Bristow & Sutor and JBW for the task which brings in around £3.5m annually to the Cunard Building in council tax and business rates alone. Contracts with four enforcement agents began on June 21, 2019, for three years, with the option to extend for a further two.
