A report into the top 488 businesses operating in the debt collection agencies industry has found that 50 companies are showing the same characteristics as HMV, Comet and Blockbuster.

Yorkshire Water late payers who miss bill payments could find it harder to take out loans or credit cards following a deal struck between the utility provider and credit reference firm Experian.

Nearly £2 billion in court fines and confiscation orders remains unpaid, new figures have shown, while the Government has admitted it needs to do more to tackle the debt with the usage of Debt Collectors.

The UK tax authority has made a good start at cutting costs but faces a longer term battle to protect customer service, a report has found.

With the UK's Debt Collection Industry coming under ever increasing scrutiny, we take a look at the American Debt Collection Industry and the problems the authorities have to deal with across the water.

THE Government’s move to shake up bailiff regulation could cause a headache for commercial landlords, according to legal experts.

Victims of fraud across the UK will be told to contact the Home Office agency Action Fraud rather than their local force from 1 April.

Britain's big four high street banks could be forced to pay millions of pounds in compensation to small businesses, after the main City regulator found they mis-sold complex insurance products in more than 90% of cases.

The HSBC has decided to recruit a panel of experts to beef up its defences against financial crime, just two months after they were fined almost two billion dollars by US authorities over Mexican money laundering and Iranian sanctions breaches.

A debt advice charity has called for local authorities to be more "considered" about their debt collection methods