What happens when a bill is not paid

Payment difficulties and procedure

If you are having difficulty paying your bill, then please call us on 01481 700700 where one of our team will be happy to discuss your situation and your options.  The earlier you inform us, the more we can do to help you.

Unpaid bill process

When a bill has been sent to you but payment is not received by the stated date, we will apply the following procedure:

• If you do not pay your bill by the end of the month in which it was issued, we will send you a reminder.  Payment must be made within 7 days of the date of the reminder.
• If payment is not received within 7 days of the date of the reminder, we will disconnect your telephone service and it will not be reconnected until we have received full payment of the outstanding amount
• When paying by cheque, payment will be deemed to be received when the cheque is received at our offices
• We will also make a charge for restoring your service as detailed below – Reactivation charge
• We reserve the right to charge a late payment fee.

If you do not pay the outstanding amount after your service has been disconnected, your contract with us will be terminated and legal action will be initiated to recover the debt.

We may pass the outstanding amount (including any late payment fee or interest charges) to a debt collection agency to collect the money on our behalf.

Information about your debt may be shared with other organisations that give credit. Please note that a charge will be incurred for any subsequent re-provision of telephone service.

Reactivation charge

If your telephone service is disconnected because of an unpaid bill, it will not be reactivated until we have received full payment of the outstanding amount. We will also add a charge of £50 to your next bill for restoring your service.

Late payment fees

Late payment charges are levied to minimise the costs incurred by collecting late bill payments. Your monthly bill is due upon receipt and shows the latest date that payment is due before late payment fees are incurred.

We always recommend paying your bill by Direct Debit - this is collected on the last working day of each month, as shown on your bill. This payment method is free: however, if unsuccessful, payment will be required by another method which may incur a charge.     

 *prices shown from 1st October 2019