Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Creditors Voluntary Winding-Up – Appointment of Liquidators notices have been issued in the London Gazette for the following companies: 05655331 LTD 07763245 LIMITED A & L ELECTRICAL LTD A M W NORTH EAST LTD A MELIA TRANSPORT LIMITED A. W. BYRNE (CONTRACTORS) LIMITED A.I.M.S SUPPORT SERVICES LIMITED ABC PRODUCTION SERVICES LIMITED ACCELERATE DIRECT LIMITED ACTIVE START…
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Today marks the start of a UK rule change required by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) as part of its Retail Banking Investigation which means that banks must now set up an alert system which will help their customers avoid unnecessary charges. During an investigation, the CMA found that banks receive around £1.2 billion a…
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The Government’s BEIS Select Committee has launched an inquiry into SME Finance supply chain bullying and small business productivity. Commenting on the launch, Stephen Pegge, Managing Director of Commercial Finance at UK Finance, said “SMEs play a key role in driving innovation, productivity, employment and economic growth across the UK which the finance sector is…
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Ofwat has launched a review of the market codes which set out the credit requirements for retailers in the new business retail market. At present, retailers can choose to pre-pay wholesalers for the water their customers use or they can choose to post-pay which includes providing a form of credit. This form of credit must…
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Rivers Leasing has announced it has appointed a former Managing Director of Arkle Finance to its management team. Stephen Bassett, former Managing Director of Arkle Finance, joins as Non-Executive Director. With much of his career spanning senior management and directorship roles at organisations including Schroder Leasing Ltd, Lloyds & Scottish Finance, Lombard, Wyse Leasing Plc…
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Zopa, has announced the appointment of three new hires to its Executive team. The new hires come at a significant time in Zopa’s growth as it moves towards launching its next-generation bank. Steve Hulme has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Hulme joins from Tandem Money where he was CFO for the last two years. Before…
Read moreFollowing on from Investec’s acquisition of Amicus Commercial Finance in December, the company has announced that Amicus will be rebranded as Investec Capital Solutions. Investec Capital Solutions will form part of Investec’s Corporate Lending team. John Wilde, Managing Director of the rebranded company said “We are excited to be part of the Investec brand, completing our…
Read moreFollowing a review of its commercial finance proposition, peer-to-peer lending platform RateSetter has announced that it is going to simplify its commercial finance product suite to focus solely on property-backed and asset-backed lending. RateSetter will continue to offer lending into consumer, business and motor finance markets, however, the commercial finance offer will no longer include…
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Henry Howard Finance has announced that Mark Catton, has been appointed as the new group Chief Executive of Henry Howard Finance Group, Catton is a former Chief Executive of RBS’ UK corporate bank. Catton will take over from the current group CEO and co-founder Mark Crook. Reflecting on the recent successes of the business, Mark…
Read moreBusiness Secretary Greg Clark has welcomed a decision by several banks to set up funds to support small businesses affected by Carillion’s insolvency. Lloyds Banking Group has launched a £50 million fund, HSBC a £100 million fund and RBS has made £75 million of assistance available. It follows a meeting held by Greg Clark yesterday with banks where…
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Metro Bank, has announced the appointment of Jamie Sim as a Commercial Banking Director within the Commercial Real Estate team. Reporting directly to Gabrielle Berring, Director of Commercial Real Estate, who joined the bank earlier this year, Jamie will be responsible for managing new and existing customers portfolios within the real estate sector. Sim has…
Read moreSpecialist Bank, Aldermore, the specialist bank, has announced the appointment of Tim Bearder as Head of Specialist Vehicle Valuations, a key role within the Bank’s Business Finance division. Bearder, whose career spans over 35 years in the motor industry, brings extensive knowledge and experience to the role supporting the Bank’s ambition of gaining a greater…
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PwC has been appointed as the special managers to troubled outsourcing giant Carillion, which has announced it is going into compulsory liquidation with immediate effect, putting thousands of jobs and major government infrastructure projects, including the new HS2 high-speed rail link, at risk This weekend saw crisis talks between the company, key financial stakeholders and…
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