More than one in 10 shops are empty, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC), the highest since it began

Business Minister Michael Fallon has warned big businesses that they will be publicly named if they fail to sign up to the Prompt Payment Code, a voluntary agreement to promote good payment practices.

Labour MP Stella Creasy has warned that a "debt tsunami" will engulf Britain if the payday loans industry is not regulated.

SWINDON Council is taking steps to tighten control on bailiffs acting on its behalf after some were branded as “gangsters”

Debt recovery business Robinson Way is set to grow the range of services it offers after being bought by a Swedish financial services firm.

Qatari sheikh who spent more than £1billion on his art collection is accused of leaving 'extraordinary trail' of unpaid debt around world's top auction houses

The Insolvency Service has issued a £6m tender for debt recovery services relating to bankruptcy.

Defence lawyers have vowed to oppose plans that would force them to pursue unpaid fees from impoverished clients despite new warnings that Scotland’s legal aid system is at breaking point.

There was more evidence of weak underlying health in the UK economy as a leading think-tank forecast a slowdown in growth in the three months to October.

People who are struggling with their finances and pay for a debt management plan are often at greater risk of it failing than when they set up a free alternative, a study has warned.

Figures released by the Credit Services Association (CSA) have shown sharp rise in consumer debts.

The number of companies going bust in England and Wales has dropped to its lowest level since the end of 2007.

Personal insolvency figures are predicted to fall further tomorrow, but experts warned the recent improving trend is likely to hit a turning point soon, with large numbers of people still living on the brink.

One of David Cameron’s top advisers is leaving Downing Street to take a job with controversial payday loan firm Wonga.Jonathan Luff, the Prime Minister’s...

Scottish businesses are less likely to enter insolvency than those in the rest of Britain, according to new analysis. Data released by Creditsafe said firms...

A teenager is being chased by debt collectors for a £9,000 medical bill after she rushed her friend to hospital during a holiday in Greece.

The number of agreed house sales jumped sharply this month as sellers dropped their prices to shift homes which have been lingering on the...

The Dedicated Cheque and Plastic Crime Unit (DCPCU) has dismantled what is believed to be one of the UK's biggest counterfeit cheque crime groups following a major operation in Yorkshire and Scotland.

Olympics spending fuelled Britain's strongest quarterly growth in five years, springboarding the country out of recession in the third quarter, data showed on Thursday

Rogue money lenders and debt collectors will be stopped from trading under plans put out for consultation.