BAILIFFS are being sent in to recover more than £2 million in unpaid council tax.

The major UK banks saw a 45% rise in core profits in 2012, but that hike was wiped out by a mix of regulation and their own mistakes, a KPMG report says.

REDBRIDGE Council has been criticised by the Local Government Ombudsman for its use of bailiffs to pursue a debtor.

Qasim Ali Munir, director of Farman Homes Ltd, a construction company based in Edgware, Middlesex, has been disqualified from acting as a company director for 13 years for using false documents for personal gain.

U.K. retail sales rose more than economists forecast in February in a rebound from a drop the previous month when heavy snowfall held back consumer activity.

HM Revenue & Customs last year doubled the amount spent on debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of unpaid tax.

A Debtor from Hampshire was in court over threats made to a Bailiff outside his property.

An independent review of pre-packaged insolvency sales will begin in late Spring, the Government has said.

A bankrupt has been handed a 12-month prison sentence after he was found guilty of removing money from accounts

The rate of business insolvencies fell in January 2013 to its lowest rate since June 2007, according to the latest figures.