Tag: debt collection
HMRC to increase use of Debt Collection Agencies
HM Revenue & Customs last year doubled the amount spent on debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of unpaid tax.
Scam UK Debt Collection Agencies closed down
Three debt collection businesses in Wakefield have been shut down following investigations by the Insolvency Service.
Greece’s Tax Debt Collection methods blamed for slow financial recovery
Greece’s tax collection and monitoring mechanisms are in complete disarray while the political administration is unable move ahead with their restructuring
UK Debt Collection Agencies in financial trouble
A report into the top 488 businesses operating in the debt collection agencies industry has found that 50 companies are showing the same characteristics as HMV, Comet and Blockbuster.
Exclusive: Debt Collection Horror in the USA
With the UK's Debt Collection Industry coming under ever increasing scrutiny, we take a look at the American Debt Collection Industry and the problems the authorities have to deal with across the water.
Councils criticised for robust Debt Collection
A debt advice charity has called for local authorities to be more "considered" about their debt collection methods
OFT imposes Debt Collection sanctions on RBS
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.
Secure Trust Bank purchases Debt Collection group
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.
OFT to review unfair gym contracts
January always sees a surge in gym membership. Now the OFT is cracking down on unfair terms and conditions in the long contracts people are made to sign
Attachment of earnings rise by 15%
Creditor applications to deduct debts straight from debtors’ pay packets (attachment of earnings) soared 15% in the year to 30 June 2012, according to new research.
