Former ICSM partners Steve Mepham and David Whitaker have launched National Print Database (NPD), a new information company for the printing industry.

Services offered by the Croydon-based company include credit checking, company searches, debt recovery and aged-debt management. NPD has established a new pay-performance database for print companies.

The firm has recruited former ICSM debt recovery specialist Alan Hewson to partner Whitaker in the debt recovery department.

Mepham said that Whitaker and Hewson had over 20 years debt recovery experience in the printing industry.
They have very high success rates and in my opinion are the masters of debt recovery within the industry.

Whitaker said: Protracted non-payment has increased dramatically within the industry over the last six months. Its in everyones interest to participate in providing information to profile the bad payers that can have such an horrendous affect on cashflow and business development.

As well as business intelligence relating to non-payment and debt, the company offers legal advice.

We want to talk to anybody blighted by the problem of non-payment, bad debt and any other legal problems, added Mepham.

He declined to comment on the two partners departure from ICSM earlier this month (PrintWeek, 3 August) after the firm was bought out by its third partner, Ian Carrotte.

Contact: NPD 020 8688 9449.

Story by John Davies