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Coface has renewed its signature of L’Autre Cercle’s LGBTQIA+ Commitment Charter. This move confirms the Group’s commitment to promoting an inclusive, respectful and safe working environment for all its employees.
Halfway through the deployment of its Power the Core strategic plan, Coface confirms its main financial targets (combined ratio, RoATE, solvency, payout).
The summer period saw a broad-based surge across commodity markets, with no exception. Escalating tensions in the Middle East, the return of El Niño, climate disruptions, and growing needs linked to the energy transition are driving simultaneous increases in energy, agricultural, and industrial metal prices.
Coface publishes the 10th edition of its Corporate Payment Survey in Germany, conducted among 503 companies. While economic growth is gradually returning and German businesses are becoming more optimistic about 2027, this improvement has yet to translate into better payment behavior. 82% of companies experienced payment delays over the past twelve months, the highest level since 2019. At the same time, businesses are shortening payment terms to protect their cash flow, while long overdue payments and rising insolvencies continue to point to elevated credit risk.
Coface has published the 4th edition of its survey on the payment behavior of French businesses, conducted in June amongst 690 companies. The results reveal a further deterioration: 89 % of businesses have experienced late payments over the last twelve months, and the average delay now stands at 41.2 days. Micro-enterprises are the most vulnerable, both in terms of the length of the delays and their impact on cash flow.
How can you distinguish between a temporary disruption and a risk expected to impact the entire value chain? In an environment marked by sustained volatility, companies need to detect risks earlier and better anticipate how they will spread. For CFOs, the challenge lies in identifying weak signals, mapping dependencies and transforming information into swift, informed decisions. Coface’s experts decode the levers for moving from reactive trade risk management to a more proactive and strategic approach.
Geographical proximity, the single market, long-standing trading partners… Recovering a debt in Europe may seem straightforward. However, over 70 per cent of businesses face late payments, and debt recovery practices vary significantly from one country to another. Because an unpaid debt is not handled in the same way in London, Milan, Madrid, Brussels, Zurich or Warsaw, Coface’s experts share their advice on how to avoid the most common mistakes, adapt your approach to the local context and maximize your chances of recovery.
Geopolitical tensions, slowing growth, supply chain disruptions, and mounting regulatory risks: businesses today operate in a world where uncertainty has become the norm. The question, therefore, is no longer how to eliminate risk — that is neither realistic nor desirable — but how to make the best possible decisions in a constantly changing environment.
As a global supplier of spare parts for commercial aircraft, Sentry Aerospares often operates under pressure, dealing with demanding international clients, sometimes unstable markets, strained supply chains and critical payment deadlines. For nearly ten years, the UK-based company has relied on Coface to turn this pressure into a driver of its development, rather than a hindrance to its growth.
The leading UK distributor of consumer goods brands, DCS Group delivers products (food, household cleaning, health and beauty) to over 500 retailers and wholesalers across the UK. With growth having doubled over the past ten years, commercial risk management is a strategic lever integrated into the decision-making process. Real-time customer risk monitoring, protection against non-payment and debt recovery services: to continue on its growth trajectory, DCS Group relies on the solutions and expertise of Coface, its global partner for nearly 20 years.
A player in the ferrous metals trading sector, Vidalies operates in a highly cyclical market, where it faces significant volumes, substantial financial exposure, and strong pressure on payment terms. The company has made commercial risk management a key driver of its development, with Coface as a partner for over 50 years. Diane Vidalies, Managing Director, explains how it works and how it enables the company to remain open to opportunities — both in France and internationally.
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