Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Equifax Touchstone analysis of the intermediary marketplace reveals significant growth in the mortgage market with sales up £1.2bn in September, a rise of 8.4% on August. Residential and buy-to-let sales for the month totalled £15.1billion. September buy-to-let figures jumped by 19.0% to £2.9billion, while residential sales increased by 6.2% to £12.2billion. Regional performance for the…
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J&P Credit Solutions, the specialist Debt Recovery division of solicitors practice Judge & Priestley LLP, has strengthened its senior management team by appointing Mark Bailey to the newly created role of Director of Collections. Bailey will be responsible for enhancing and growing J&P Credit Solutions’ pre-litigation offering. He will also work to integrate pre-legal collections activity…
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The Insolvency Practitioners Association (IPA) has appointed Lloyd Hinton as its next Deputy Vice-President Hinton has been a member since 2001 and an IPA licence holder since 2007, is a fellow of the Association, Chairman of the Examinations & Training Committee, member of the IPA Council and has been progressively active in the Association’s activities…
Read moreAnnual fraud and cybercrime losses in the UK have grown to the equivalent of £210 per adult, according to research. A total of £10.9 billion was lost to the UK economy in the 12 months to April, prevention group Get Safe Online said. Fraudulent emails and messages directing people to websites that gather victims’ personal…
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