Debt Collection Agencies could be tasked with enforcement of TV licensing
New proposals are being discussed by MPs to change the the policies in place for non payment of a TV license.Currently, refusing to pay the £145.50 per year for a colour TV license can...
Children to be given lessons on illegal loan sharks
School children in parts of England are to be given lessons, warning them about the use of illegal loans sharks.The IMLT (Illegal Money Lending Team) is offering schools across the country pre packed lessons...
100m windfall for backers of UK Debt Collection Agency
One of the UK's largest Consumer Debt Collection Agencies is reportedly due to pay out a 100m jackpot to its backers according to sources in the city.The Lowell Group, which is owned by private...
Surge in spurious ‘Debt Collection’ claims
UK Debt Collection comparison site best4debtcollection.co.uk have reported a large increasing number of false claims through their website.They state as many as 60% of 'claims' of debt owing are either misleading, false or very ambiguous...
Debt Collection firm named and shamed by HMRC
Nottingham based Debt Collection firm Eurocoll Limited have been labelled as a deliberate tax defaulter in a document published by the HMRC.Details of the firms conduct are detailed in the document and provides details...
Landlord property possession claims on the rise
Landlord possession claims rose by 26% in 2013. Last years figures went against a decline in previous years with 170,451 possession claims being processed in total according to figures released by the Ministry of...
Debt Collection boss nets 30m windfall
Martin Dunphy, Irish founder of the Marlin Financial Group - A UK based Debt Collection Agency has netted a cool 30m for his 20 per cent stake after his company was bought out by...
Debt Collection firms lose licence
OFT gets toughThe Office of Fair Trading has deemed three Debt Collection companies as 'unfit' to hold consumer credit licenses and refused to renew them with immediate effect.HFO Capital and its two associated Debt...
New Debt Collection documentary to be aired on Channel 5
Off the back of the success of BBC1's, 'The Sheriffs are coming', Channel 5 is to air a new no holds barred documentary on the work of Debt Collectors and Bailiffs titled Can't pay?...
Justice Minister promises Bailiff reforms
New laws to stamp out 'rogue bailiffs' were promised on Wednesday by the Justice Minister Lord Faulks.Speaking at the Civil Enforcement Association conference in London, Lord Faulks spoke of the major reforms to the...
