COM110111 - Pursuit: automatic and clerical pursuit: clerical pursuit for groups of companies (Action Guide)

Where a number of companies are part of a Group Payment Arrangement see COM96000.

This Action Guide relates to all other groups of companies.

To pursue collection from groups of companies, consider steps 1 - 3 below.

1.	Where more than one Debt Management Office is involved in approaching individual companies for payment
	- Consider co-ordinating collection of liabilities at the Debt Management Office dealing with the parent company
2.	The co-ordinating Debt Management Office is to
	- Obtain the name and address of the parent company by contacting the office responsible for the parent company
	- Liaise with each Debt Management Office dealing with an individual company
	- Consider if the present arrangements are satisfactory
3.	Where it is of clear advantage to co-ordinate collection or the parent company insists on a co-ordinated approach
	- Arrange to transfer case responsibility of each individual company to the co-ordinating Collection