Mark Vevers, 50, lured a debt collector to his home in Northampton where he then locked her in the bathroom, threatened her life, and stole £300 from her bank account as well as £485 in cash directly from her purse.

New plans to deal with personal debt have been announced by the Irish government.

ADRIAN Antonie Parson, director of Quantum Solutions (Kent) Limited, a payroll company in Grays, has been banned from acting as a director for six years

Hospital bosses are employing bailiffs to recover overpayments made to its own staff following a payroll bungle that meant 791 workers were overpaid.

BCC urges government to 'think bigger' as Vince Cable announces first tranche of £1bn business bank investment

Creditors can now secure a debtor’s property against unsecured debts as low as £1,000 due to new regulations

Police have warned members of the public that fraudsters are masquerading as Bailiffs in the Lincolnshire area.

After causing the collapse of the U.K.'s oldest investment bank, Nick Leeson is finally back on the financial market.

Leading Commercial Debt Collection Organisation Federal Management has announced a 18% increase in Collection figures for the first quarter of 2013, compared with the first quarter for 2012.

A CONTROVERSIAL enforcement company which hands out fines for littering and dog fouling has gone into administration.