Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
In the last 6 months, 62% of smartphone users have made a purchase using their mobile devices, making mobile transactions a key function for many businesses. While the number of mobile transactions is on the rise, the same cannot be said for effective mobile strategies which collect payments and debts. With an increasing emphasis on…
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It’s hard not to have a degree of sympathy for the challenges facing the car industry at the moment. Sales down, confidence waning, diesel cars vilified and now, the latest blow in the form of Nissan’s decision to pull production of its X-Trail from Sunderland. Rather than this being the ultimate doomsday scenario for our…
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Martin Lewis is campaigning for independent regulation of bailiffs and debt enforcement officers by the Ministry of Justice to protect those in distress from aggressive collections. Is he right to do so? Martin Lewis’s campaign is well intended, but is it well-founded? And who will pay for the regulator? Citizens Advice figures claim that bailiffs…
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There has been a lot of developments around training and apprenticeships in recent years and has left some employers unsure of what training they can access, the suspected complexes and what they are and can be used for. I hope in the following article to give the background, the context and explain what you can use…
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Households are facing the prospect of stagnating living standards, while the proportion of children living in poverty risks hitting a record high by the end of the parliament, according to a new report published by the Resolution Foundation. The Living Standards Outlook 2019 report, brings together recent data, the OBR’s economic projections and the impact of…
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One in five (21%) businesses in the UK believe that decision makers do not place enough value on technology and 24% do not understand how fintechs could help them, according to research by Centtrip. The firm surveyed more than 500 chief executives, chief financial officers and managing directors at UK companies and found that businesses…
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Car finance costs have increased by as much as 49 percent since Britain voted to leave the union, new research has revealed. The tumbling pound has left UK drivers out of pocket by as much as £98 per month, or £4,606 over the course of the full contract according to research by Parkers.. As a…
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