Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
New figures released by the Office for National Statistics annual Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) have revealed that the total number of estimated fraud incidents were 3.7 million for the year ending March 2020. The figures remain consistent with the previous year. Whilst Statistics from the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) which includes…
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Essential spend in June has returned to levels seen in 2019 as the UK continues to emerge from lockdown life, new data from Lloyds Bank has found. Whilst it is the first time in three months that essential spend has reach levels consistent with what was seen last year (down 3% in May and down…
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A Recruitment director has been banned from managing companies for six years after paying himself a £150,000 bonus just before his company entered into liquidation. The investigation found that on 15th July 2020, Roy Davies from Rochdale, Lancashire, is banned for six years from acting as a director or directly or indirectly becoming involved, without…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) says that it is seeking views on extending the implementation deadlines for the Certification Regime and Conduct Rules In a new consultation paper, the FCA says it is making changes to its rules following the extension to the deadline by which FCA solo-regulated firms need to have implemented the Certification…
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