The IICM magazine also contains another little nugget which may be of use to businesses who find that other people owe them money, but are slow in paying up. Apparently debtors in Spain may find themselves being trailed wherever they go by a man dressed in a full-size Pink Panther costume.

He will wait outside your house in the morning - thus alerting neighbours to the fact that you owe money, follow you to work, even follow you to lunch as you meet those all-important business guests and stand outside the restaurant while you are eating.