Average household debt in the UK rose slightly in June, according to the latest figures

The number of estate agents in the UK entering insolvency jumped 57% in the last year, a new report has indicated.

Local councils have called in bailiffs an "excessive" 1.8m times in the last year to collect debts on their behalf

The number of business insolvencies in Scotland in July fell to 44 compared to 65 at the same time last year

Working parents are being hounded by debt collectors and make up more than a fifth of requests for help dealing with bailiffs chasing payments

Sounds like something from the movies but Spanish Debt Collectors are dressing in black and using humiliation tactics to secure payment.

Insolvency Service figures show that 3,978 companies were wound up in the second quarter of this year

A grandmother is suing a debt collection firm she says phoned her 900 times in three years

A total of 22 law firms feature on a list of organisations and individuals linked to rogue private investigators

A GROUP of monks on Greece's monastic sanctuary of Mount Athos who are facing eviction have attacked court bailiffs

A debt collection business that takes non-payers to court has emerged as the buyer of £450 million of Northern Rock’s bad loans.

The Archbishop of Canterbury has warned the online lender Wonga that the Church of England plans to force it out of business

The use of bailiffs by councils to collect unpaid business rates in London has rocketed by more than a quarter over the past two years

Debt collectors went to the Football Premier League champions' Carrington training base looking for the Portuguese attacker but could not find him.

One in seven business premises in England were summoned to appear in court last year after falling behind on business rates

Britain needs seven million migrants over the next 50 years to help keep down national debt levels, according to the official forecaster.

Protesters and police clashed today as squatters who have occupied six mansion blocks in Brixton for up to 32 years were evicted.

VINCE CABLE has outlined proposals to shake up the insolvency profession, including plans to make directors personally liable for corporate collapses.

A BRITISH couple are furious after being forced to call in a debt collection agency for not receiving the proceeds of a house sale.

Leading UK Commercial Debt Collection Company Federal Management have announced that they have lauched what is believed to be the Worlds first 'VIP' Debt Recovery service.