Crooked Directors disqualified for 13 years after theft from residents
An Insolvency Investigation into a pair of criminal Care Home Company Directors in Yorkshire unveiled a web of deceit and theft.Married couple Thomas and Linda Atcheson operated Granby Care Home Lodge in Harrogate, North...
Massive increase in Debt owed to friends and family
UK Debt Charity StepChange have released figures for the first half of 2016 showing that 28% of their clients have debts owing to friends and family.The average debt owing to friends and/or family is...
Top 5 tips when choosing a Debt Collection Agency
If you or your business are owed money, it pays to think smart in terms of choosing a Debt Collection Agency.You have a Business and a life to operate so dealing with unpaid debts...
£5.8bn worth of Debt written off by SME’s
Small and Medium sized Companies have written off a massive £5.8bn over the past financial year according to new research.Insurance Giant Direct Line has revealed that SMEs across the country are writing off an average...
20% of UK Business Insolvencies caused by late payment
It has been revealed that a staggering one fifth of UK Company insolvencies over the past year have been caused by late payment of invoices or a debtor going insolvent.New research conducted by Insolvency...
Digital Giants aim to stamp out ‘Robocall’ Debt Collection
Debt Collection Agencies using a computerised autodialer to perform 'Robocalling' need to be on guard. It has been announced that a Robocall task force has been created.An alliance of 33 of the world's leading...
DVLA Debt Collection costs soar
The end of paper tax discs in the UK has led to a huge rise in the use of Debt Collection to deal with the growing problem of tax disc evasion.The conventional tax disc...
Debt Collection Agents uncover fraud
Debt Collection Agents chasing an unpaid Credit Card bill uncovered a fraud worth nearly £6,000 leading to a criminal prosecution.Laura Mayer, aged 33 of Stoke on Trent, was supposedly debt ridden. She decided to take...
Music festival cancelled as firm collapses
The Company behinds Shropshire's largest music festival has applied for a Creditors Voluntary liquidation. 'Shrewsbury Fields forever' festival had been scheduled to be held in September but has now been cancelled according to a statement...
Crooked eviction advice firm shut down
A Midlands based Company which claimed to provide eviction and repossession advice services has been shut down by the Insolvency Service. The company provided services to private individuals across the country.Swift House Solutions Ltd (Swift) was wound...
