Debt Collection scammers at large in the UK

There has been a recent surge in Debt Collections scams in the UK with members of the public receiving calls from foreign accented individuals purporting to represent banks.

German Media Group buys out Debt Collection Group

BCW Group, the debt recovery firm that employs 300 people in Glasgow, has been acquired by a German media giant

Tax dodgers hotline receiving 300 calls per day on average

Calls to the hotline run by HMRC to catch out ‘tax-dodgers’ shot up last year, according to new figures.
bailiff attacked whilst trying to collect debt

Debt Collector sentenced for vicious attack on Debtor

A SELF-STYLED debt collector from Exeter, has been ordered to pay compensation to a mechanic who he clubbed with an iron bar

Improvement for British Construction Industry

British construction output posted the smallest annual fall in almost a year and a half in Apri

Bungling Bailiffs empty wrong property

Incompetent bailiffs broke into the wrong flat, removing items from a 58-year-old woman's home before realising their mistake and leaving without even a note of apology.

Universities ban Payday Loans lenders

Payday loans lenders have been banned from advertising at three UK universities for exploiting "vulnerable" students

30m to be saved by Insolvency reforms

A single gateway for complaints against insolvency practitioners (IPs) which makes the process easier and more transparent was announced

Shamed Director banned for 13 years after conning festival goers

A company director who sold fake festival tickets to music fans, and claimed a dead woman was responsible, has been banned from acting as a company director for 13 years.
small businesses closing hit new high

Insolvency firms shut down by the High Court

Two Insolvency firms have been wound up by the High Court in the public interest, for poor business practices.