London and Leeds-based insolvency and restructuring firm, PKF Littlejohn Advisory, has appointed Robert Barker as Insolvency Manager to support and further bolster the firm’s restructuring and insolvency capabilities. Barker joins the company with over 15 years’ experience in the sector, working predominantly within boutique insolvency practices, helping to facilitate the restructuring, sale or liquidation of…
Read moreFour high street banks – HSBC, Lloyds, TSB and Allied Irish Bank (AIB) failed to comply with banking rules put in place by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to help their customers. Under the Retail Banking Market Investigation Order 2017 – put in place by the CMA after it found competition concerns in the retail…
Read moreA new report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) estimates that an extra 320,000 people have been pushed into poverty as they moved onto more expensive deals, as a result of the rise in mortgage rates in 2022 and 2023. The rise in mortgage rates saw the average rate for a two-year fixed mortgage…
Read moreAperiData, the real-time credit reference agency and Open Banking platform, has announces that together with its partner PayPoint, it is now streamlining debt advice support for Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) Cambridge. The solution was recognised as Best Business Partnership of the Year at The Credit & Collections Industry Awards last week and its implementation at…
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