Hi Poppy
I would never advise one of my clients to avoid creditor calls whilst an IVA proposal is being prepared. Your creditors have a right to know how things are progressing, and at the end of the day you are going to want to persuade them to write off some of their debt. The fact that you are getting so many calls, is probably to do with the fact that they are unable to get hold of you.
If you feel uncomfortable about stopping the payments to your creditors, why not make them small token payments as a gesture of good faith in the meantime.
Regards, Melanie Giles, Insolvency Practitioner for over 20 years.
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