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Debt Collectors called in for London Council tax blitz

A North London government authority has agreed to pilot a new debt collection project with London debt collection agency Agilisys Revenue Collection. Enfield Council has instructed the firm to target their historical council tax debt...

Legal Debt recovery firms given consumer credit regime extention

The SRA (Solicitors Regulation Authority) and the FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) have announced plans to extend the transition period for law firms working in the consumer credit debt recovery sector. Law firms active in these...

UK mobile contract debt on the increase

It has been revealed that in the UK, there has been an increase in the number of people are missing mobile payments, according to new research. British Mortgages and loans broker Ocean Finance conducted a...

Debt Collectors amongst the UK’s worst drivers

According to a new survey by Insurance company 1st central, Debt Collectors is the profession listed as 8th worst in the UK for road traffic accidents. Industry experts have been looking at the links between...

Cornwall’s 14m Debt problem

Despite being one of the UK's least populated areas, with just over half a million residents, new figures have shown that the Cornwall Council is owed in excess of a staggering 14m pounds in...
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HMRC Debt Collection shame

The latest figures from 'False Economy' shows 215,144 occasions where the HMRC relied on its panel of Debt Collection Agencies to highlight cases where they had been wrongly instructed to collect supposed debts. It is...

Over 4m UK households in debt to their energy supplier

Almost four million households in the UK owe money to their energy suppliers, with debts averaging around £128, a recent conducted survey has found. The amount owed by the 14% of households in debt has...
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Concern as number of UK company liquidations rises

The number of compulsory company liquidations in England and Wales rose by a staggering 53.1% during the first quarter of 2014, compared with the same period in 2013 according to new statistics. The Official statistics...

Revealed: Lansdown – The UK’s capital of debt

The latest data released by the BBA (British Bankers Association) has revealed that the leafy affluent area of Lansdown, a suburb of Bath, is the UK's number one hotspot for personal debt. Lansdown is part...

Former Director of Stepchange Debt Charity joins Wonga

In a bizarre twist of events, former anti-payday loans campaigner and Stepchange Director Delroy Corinaldi has joined Wonga as their new head of Public relations. Corinaldi had previously campaigned against Payday loans companies and this...