Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Gatehouse Bank has announced two new senior appointments. Tim Blease is joining Gatehouse as Chief Operating Officer and Sharron Harvey is joining as Executive Vice President, Head of Human Resources. Blease will be contributing to Gatehouse’s new strategy including its move into retail mortgages. His previous roles include New Business Strategy and Innovation Director at…
Read moreThe Credit Services Association (CSA) has appointed Arran Hope as its Apprenticeship Coordinator. Hope’s appointment follows the Association’s successful inclusion on the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers (RoATP) – meaning that the CSA is approved to deliver apprenticeship training for employers paying the Apprenticeship Levy. He will be the central point of contact regarding the…
Read moreThe Credit Services Association (CSA) has secured an agreement with Royal Mail to bring the Test & Innovate Scheme (TIS) to the collections industry. TIS is an incentive for trying new ideas in mail applications that could prompt higher response rates from customers. These range from changes to letter content and layout through to envelope changes…
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City of Wolverhampton Council has become the first local authority in the country to sign up to a new protocol to promote best practice for dealing with people who get into difficulties paying their council tax. The protocol has been created to get local authorities, enforcement agencies and advice agencies working together to help people…
Read moreLaw firm Howes Percival has acquired Summers Nigh Law. Summers Nigh Law is a niche insolvency firm with a significant number of local and national clients in the development & construction, manufacturing, technology, automotive, food & drink, agriculture and education sectors. Summers Nigh Law’s two partners, Katie Summers and Deborah Nigh, together with their five support…
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The Irish Central Bank has announced two senior appointments. The Central Bank appointed Ed Sibley as Deputy Governor, Prudential Regulation and Derville Rowland as Director General, Financial Conduct. As Deputy Governor, Prudential Regulation, Sibley will be responsible for the supervision of credit institutions, insurance firms and the asset management industry. Prior to this appointment, Sibley was…
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The PRA has undertaken a review of the consumer credit industry and produced a statement outlining their observations together with expectations for those firms with material exposures to consumer credit. The announcement comes in the wake of the news that consumer credit is growing at more than 10% a year, yet the household savings rate has hit…
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