George Osborne has been accused of driving hard-up people into the arms of payday lenders

Insolvency Service of Ireland Director Lorcan O'Connor has said that there are currently no "genuine experts in personal insolvency" in Ireland

A WARWICKSHIRE debt collection agency's portfolio of debt has been sold by administrators in an undisclosed deal.

There has been a recent surge in Debt Collections scams in the UK with members of the public receiving calls from foreign accented individuals purporting to represent banks.

BCW Group, the debt recovery firm that employs 300 people in Glasgow, has been acquired by a German media giant

Calls to the hotline run by HMRC to catch out ‘tax-dodgers’ shot up last year, according to new figures.

A SELF-STYLED debt collector from Exeter, has been ordered to pay compensation to a mechanic who he clubbed with an iron bar

British construction output posted the smallest annual fall in almost a year and a half in Apri

Incompetent bailiffs broke into the wrong flat, removing items from a 58-year-old woman's home before realising their mistake and leaving without even a note of apology.

Payday loans lenders have been banned from advertising at three UK universities for exploiting "vulnerable" students

A single gateway for complaints against insolvency practitioners (IPs) which makes the process easier and more transparent was announced

A company director who sold fake festival tickets to music fans, and claimed a dead woman was responsible, has been banned from acting as a company director for 13 years.

Two Insolvency firms have been wound up by the High Court in the public interest, for poor business practices.

A whistleblower has claimed £270 million of payments to Bristol City Council are sloshing around without being processed, and innocent people have had bailiffs turning up at their doors

Large US Debt Collection firm Encore Capital Group has negotiated a deal to buy a majority stake in Cabot Credit Management (CCM) for £128m, paving the way for their entrance in to the UK's Debt Purchasing market.

An Irish university is hiring debt collectors to tackle the growing problem of unpaid student fees.

The Citizen’s Advice Bureau is calling on the Office for Fair Trading to immediately ban the payday lenders it says it has evidence of causing harm to borrowers.

Bailiffs are profiting at the expense of struggling families because of cuts to council tax benefits, according to the Citizens Advice service.

British Boyband Blue might want to think about adding some extra dates to their comeback tour -after going bust mid tour after increasing pressure from creditors.

Payday lenders and other expensive credit providers who are 'ruthlessly targeting' young women could be behind the growing proportion of women being declared insolvent.