19th October 2021 - Credit Connect

Warning that households will be £1,000 worse off next year

19th October 2021 Consumer Collections | #economy

UK households will be over £1,000 worse off next year new research from the Resolution Foundation has found. The research found that household incomes are set to fall by about 2% amid the cost of living squeeze. The UK is set for its biggest ever current-year economic growth upgrade next week as a result of a…

Take action on fraud regulator warns charities

19th October 2021 Consumer Collections | #fraud

Latest data from Action Fraud has shown 1,059 separate incidents of fraud were reported by charities in just one year from April 2020 to March 2021. The true scale of fraud against charities is believed to be much higher, as fraud is known to be underreported. The Commission is highlighting these figures, and the live…

Fair Finance and 4most agree credit decision partnership

19th October 2021 Company News |

Risk analytics consultancy, 4most, has announced that it has partnered with financial services provider, Fair Finance, to deliver a more automated approach to decisioning and improve decision quality by expanding its lending activity. 4most has been working closely with the risk team at Fair Finance to create a series of initiatives designed to improve the…

Call financial services to protect older people from financial abuse

19th October 2021 Consumer Collections |

Hodge Bank is calling on intermediaries and brokers to be alert to the financial abuse of their elderly clients after new research reveals 94% of 45–70-year-olds believe financial service companies need to do more to protect older people from this kind of abuse. New research from Hodge and Hourglass, the charity calling time on the…

Goto Energy becomes 16th energy supplier to collapse

19th October 2021 Consumer Collections | #energy insolvencies

Goto Energy has announced they are ceasing to trade. The company supplied gas and electricity to around 22,000 domestic customers. Under Ofgem’s safety net, customers’ energy supply will continue and funds that domestic customers have paid into their accounts will be protected, where they are in credit. Domestic customers will also be protected by the…

Shell Energy to take on customers of three energy suppliers

19th October 2021 Consumer Collections |

Ofgem has appointed Shell Energy Retail to take on supplying Pure Planet, Daligas and Colorado Energy combined total of approximately 252,000 domestic customers and around 600 non-domestic customers. This follows a competitive process run by Ofgem to get the best deal possible for customers. Funds that current and former domestic customers of the suppliers have…

Proportion of small businesses predicting closure hits record low

19th October 2021 Commercial Credit Management | #business closures

Transport disruption, labour shortages and fears of a winter fuel crisis have failed to dent resurgent small business confidence for the three months to Christmas. After a significant bounce-back in the spring, small business growth forecasts have hardly changed over the last nine months, with 35% of business owners predicting growth for the next three…

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