Institute Of Credit Management
The Institute of Credit Management (ICM) is a United Kingdom based professional body representing credit professionals. It was founded in 1939.
The ICM is the largest professional credit management organisation in Europe and has some 8,700 members who hold appointments throughout industry and commerce and also in certain related activities such as:
- debt collections,
- credit reporting,
- credit insurance and
- insolvency practice.
The ICM is a company limited by guarantee and its goal is to raise the professional standards operating in credit management, and to increase awareness of its importance as a management tool.
The ICM has produced a series of guides called Managing Cashflow for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, in partnership with the UK’s leading business organisations.
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