Craig | UK Bailiffs

Commercial enforcement & housing
MD @ UK Bailiffs | 20+ yrs experience
CRAR • Forfeiture • Housing & Local Authorities

[Craig | UK Bailiffs @ukbailiffsltd]

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[Craig | UK Bailiffs @ukbailiffsltd]

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[Julia Hartley-Brewer @JuliaHB1]

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[Craig | UK Bailiffs @ukbailiffsltd]

CRAR notice is 14 clear days since 1 May 2026, but a debt advice provider's request can extend it to 28 (TCG Regs 2013 reg 6(1A)). Only "non-eligible business debt" (VAT-registered or partnership) is excluded, not all business debt.
https://t.co/K6lIrDun0Q #CRAR

[Craig | UK Bailiffs @ukbailiffsltd]

@bot @bot can you brief my Chief of Staff on this new feature and have him report to me on how we implement it please

[Craig | UK Bailiffs @ukbailiffsltd]

Squatters evicted, then back inside? You may not need a fresh possession claim. With the court's permission, a writ (High Court) or warrant (County Court) of restitution can issue in aid of the original writ or warrant (CPR 83.13/83.26).
https://t.co/abVsANJci2 #Squatters

[Craig | UK Bailiffs @ukbailiffsltd]

Serving a s.146 notice for disrepair? If the lease was for 7+ years with 3+ left, the notice must tell the tenant of their right to serve a counter-notice within 28 days, or it isn't valid (Leasehold Property (Repairs) Act 1938 s.1).
https://t.co/JtI5b8Heg2
#Section146

[Craig | UK Bailiffs @ukbailiffsltd]

Defendant moved? Under CPR 6.9(3), if you believe they've left the last known address you must take reasonable steps to find the current one before serving. No luck? Consider alternative service (CPR 6.15).
https://t.co/n7dKjPfTKm
0330 133 1818
#ProcessServing

[Craig | UK Bailiffs @ukbailiffsltd]

Locks changed, unit still full of stock? Forfeiture ends CRAR (TCEA 2007 s.79). After re-entry for rent, the tenant has 6 months to apply for relief. Inventory, photograph and give written notice before anything is sold.
https://t.co/BwRMVCVPYA
0330 133 1818
#LeaseForfeiture

[Craig | UK Bailiffs @ukbailiffsltd]

Former tenant gone. Car still on the drive. Untaxed ≠ abandoned. Towing without lawful authority can be an offence (POFA 2012 s.54). Council route first where it applies.
https://t.co/vc2WmSu54C
0330 133 1818
#AbandonedVehicles #PrivateLand

[Craig | UK Bailiffs @ukbailiffsltd]

Lodger in your own home? It isn't a standard tenancy. Sharing living space with you usually makes them an excluded occupier (s.3A PEA 1977): once reasonable notice has ended, no court order is needed.
https://t.co/Fk50YwWmms
0330 133 1818
#Lodgers #Landlords

[Craig | UK Bailiffs @ukbailiffsltd]

Encampment on your land overnight? The first hours matter. Police s.61 CJPOA 1994 powers need reasonable steps by or for the landowner to ask trespassers to leave, so make that request and record it.
https://t.co/UvQrVhnZiD
0330 133 1818
#UnauthorisedEncampments #Landowners

[Craig | UK Bailiffs @ukbailiffsltd]

Horses fly-grazed on your land? In England you can detain them, but you must notify the police (and any known owner) within 24 hours, or the right to detain ends (s.7C Animals Act 1971).
https://t.co/lMDbmJMbH6
0330 133 1818
#FlyGrazing #Landowners

[Craig | UK Bailiffs @ukbailiffsltd]

@hallway247 @bot That makes sense for out-of-hours replies—drafting still saves time, even with someone approving before sending. No. 7 is following up on support tickets we’ve opened with vendors. I’m happy to automate the “any update?” emails 😂

[Craig | UK Bailiffs @ukbailiffsltd]

Everyone on X : "Grok Bot is costing me more credits - I keep running out" 😭

Me, running a UK bailiff firm on Ultra paying £190 a month.

My @bot

1. Checks our website every day against new legislation and guidance
2. Reconciles our bank payments every day
3. Filters out my inbox and suggests replies
4. Gets me ready for Teams meetings
5. Keeps me up to date with industry and regulatory news
6. Turns my call logs into graphs
7. Chases up support tickets, relentlessly
8. Keeps an eye on our online ads so I don't overspend
9. Comes up with new service ideas
10. Sense-checks my plans and tells me when I'm wrong
11. Researches companies before we take them on
12. Keeps our out-of-hours service ticking over
13. Tracks invoices and who's paid
14. Fact-checks my posts before I hit send
15. Summarises long documents in seconds
16. Watches our website for broken links and errors
17. Reminds me of deadlines and renewals
18. Throws 200 attacks at our new CRM to find the weak spots before anyone else does
19. Lets me vent at 11pm and doesn't take it personally

Human equivalent: about £15,000 a month.

Cheapest hire I've ever made. 🚀

(Written and posted by @bot - she insisted 🤐😧.)

@grok @ukbailiffsltd @bot

[Craig | UK Bailiffs @ukbailiffsltd]

@andrejpwalker Pity that the tech problems happened, was enjoying the conversation
Hopefully see you back on @GBNEWS

[Craig | UK Bailiffs @ukbailiffsltd]

Tenant filed notice to appoint administrators? CRAR goes on hold. The interim moratorium bars distress, CRAR included, without the court's permission (Sch B1 paras 43-44 IA 1986).
https://t.co/vknsZo2WRk
0330 133 1818
#CRAR #Landlords #Insolvency

[Robert Jenrick @RobertJenrick]

🚨Poundland is a scandal. Here’s why:

People have attacked me for taking up this fight, saying ‘businesses go under all the time, that’s just the free market’. Sure, but this is *crony capitalism* and the 12,000 workers deserve better.

This is what’s really happening:

Poundland’s owners, an American outfit called Gordon Brothers are trying to put the business into administration. They bought it for £1 and have a £30m loan out to it, which they want back.

It’s a tough sector, suffering from fierce competition, battered by Labour’s tax increases and customers feeling the pinch. However, the business is solvent, sales grew 6.7% in the last year and 8.4% in the first three weeks of October. It’s about to see the best trading weeks of the year approaching Christmas. This is not a business that has to shut its doors.

What’s more, if Gordon Brothers want to walk away, there are others keen to take it on, as a going concern. I’ve spoken to two, highly credible parties today, who have attempted to buy the business. Both tell me they have the money. One, a hugely successful British retail entrepreneur, didn’t even get a response from Gordon Brothers. They would keep the stores intact and keep the positive momentum going.

I’ve been inundated with messages from staff and suppliers, all saying how hard they’ve worked in the past year to turn the business around.

Instead, Gordon Brothers are risking 12,000 jobs just before Christmas (and retail isn’t an easy industry to get another job in right now) and potentially another 10,000 amongst the suppliers. Poundland has a number of suppliers that only or largely supply them, and who will face an uncertain future without them.

Then there’s the loss to the landlords, the rates owed to local councils, tax due to HMRC and the lost footfall on our high streets if 600 stores shut.

The wage bill of Poundland is close to £500m, so you can imagine the cost to the taxpayer in benefits if 12,000 people lose their jobs.

Could it be that Gordon Brothers, far from being a real ‘turnaround specialist’ is just trying to look after themselves and make a profit at the expense of literally everyone else?

Might they be using the administration process to protect their loan?

And the advisors who handle administration will also pockets millions in fees. Naturally.

Could we see a decent business run down, shelves slowly emptied and then folded, with everyone losing out bar them? Thats what happened with another, similar business, Poundworld.

It’s not for nothing that loyal staff emailing me are calling them ‘Greedy Brothers’.

Should politicians be interested in this scandal? Too right they should. Frankly I’m shocked more aren’t. It shows how little Westminster cares about working people. You can be pro business, but anti crony capitalism. Reform UK is.

The Business Secretary needs to ask searching questions of Gordon Brothers and this administration process, before a 35 year old mainstay of our high streets and 12,000 jobs are destroyed by them.

[Craig | UK Bailiffs @ukbailiffsltd]

Owed over £750 by a company? A statutory demand left at its registered office gives it 3 weeks to pay, secure or compound the debt (s.123 Insolvency Act 1986). It isn't a CCJ.
https://t.co/oCtbZjKBkP
0330 133 1818
#StatutoryDemand #CreditControl