26 July, 2012
25 July, 2012
Consumer Finance Association publishes new charter that sets out a series of new protections for short term lending.
19 July, 2012
Licenses will be suspended where there is an urgent need to protect the interest of consumers.
16 July, 2012
Report shows that Insolvency Service handled 25 per cent fewer insolvency cases than in 2010/2011.
10 July, 2012
New regulations amend provisions which set out assumptions for the purposes of calculating the total charge for credit and the annual percentage rate of charge.
5 July, 2012
People borrowing to bridge gap between inflation and growth in earnings, says Money Advice in response to new Bank of England figures.
4 July, 2012
27 June, 2012
Minister for Welfare Reform Lord Freud announces that credit unions will receive up to £38m of investment to support one million more people.
20 June, 2012
New regulations introduce new Parliamentary disqualification provisions for members subject to bankruptcy proceedings in Northern Ireland that are equivalent to the provisions applying in England and Wales.
12 June, 2012
New Consumer Credit Counselling Service report shows a 27 per cent increase in the number of people needing help with council tax arrears despite council tax freeze.
7 June, 2012
New figures from Consumer Credit Counselling Service show that fewer homeowners in their twenties are seeking the charity’s help, and the number of homeowners in mortgage arrears has almost halved in two years.
7 June, 2012
Department for Communities and Local Government publishes leaflet that provides general information on the scheme.
30 May, 2012
Consumer Credit Counselling Service figures show a 27 per cent increase on previous year in number of requests for help from people with rent arrears.
25 May, 2012
Agreement comes as government responds to Department of Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee’s Report into Debt Management and sets out further actions on payday loans, consumer credit regulation and debt management.
24 May, 2012
New Contact a Family research shows that families with disabled children are going without essentials and spiralling into debt before the full impact of planned benefit cuts is felt.
23 May, 2012
Action follows statements made to customers in two types of written communications and in the wording of one call script.
21 May, 2012
Charity welcomes government’s commitment to deal with aggressive bailiffs, however, consultation proposes little or nothing new to help protect people in financial difficulties against aggressive bailiffs.
17 May, 2012
The Insolvency Service publishes statistics for total individual insolvencies, bankruptcy orders, debt relief orders and individual voluntary arrangements in England & Wales by geographical area.
16 May, 2012
Recent Insolvency Service figures show a 27.2 per cent decrease in bankruptcies, however Debt Relief Orders have increased by 16.3 per cent and Individual Voluntary Arrangements have risen by 8.1 per cent, reports Money Advice Trust.
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