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

Business Restructuring specialist Hilco has taken effective control of music and DVD retailer HMV.

A former fashion model has become one of the country's first millionaire bailiffs.

A hospital trust needs to save £53m over the next five years to stave off insolvency, a health watchdog says.

Regulator imposes requirements on Royal Bank of Scotland's use of charging orders - a debt collection method for recovering unsecured debts that could see borrowers lose their homes.

Solihull-based Secure Trust Bank (STB) has acquired the businesses of a debt collection group for a six-figure sum in a deal advised by the Birmingham office of law firm DLA Piper.