£250K debts owed by firms to Dumfries and Galloway Council will be written off

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Cash-strapped Dumfries and Galloway Council is expected to write off a quarter of a million pounds worth of debt racked up by four businesses that later went bust.Debt collection companies were drafted in a bid to claw back cash owed – but it’s highly unlikely the local authority will see a penny.Lockerbie firm Clansman Timber Services, retailer Wilko, Caversham Trading and Free Space Solutions failed to pay non-domestic rates totalling £249,649 between 2018 and 2023.Now, with the companies either going into administration, being liquidated, or dissolved, councillors are being asked to write off the substantial debts.They will discuss the matter at next week’s finance committee and be asked to approve writing off the debts due to the companies going under.Finance chiefs admitted that the level of the non-domestic rates write offs are “higher than experienced in previous years.”