Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
UK businesses saw a 27 percent surge in the number of adverse debt judgments last year, according to national statistics issued by TrustOnline. Over the same period, the number of online searches by people checking judgment status grew by ten percent. During 2017, 109,000 judgments were registered against businesses in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland,…
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More than 50 leading businesses and organisations have contributed to the development of a £1 billion deal to put the nation at the forefront of the artificial intelligence industry, featuring almost £300 million of new private sector investment. The deal between government and industry, announced by Business Secretary Greg Clark and Digital Secretary Matt Hancock…
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Bradford & Bingley plc (B&B), part of UK Asset Resolution Limited (UKAR), has confirmed that it has agreed to sell two separate portfolios of buy to let and residential owner-occupied mortgages to an investor group led by Barclays Bank PLC for a total of £5.3bn. Financial completion is expected within the next few weeks and…
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Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB) has released official statistics reporting company insolvencies in Scotland for the fourth quarter (January to March 2018) of 2017-18. Corporate insolvencies increased from 846 in 2016-17 to 886 in 2017-18. The number of corporate insolvencies in Scotland rose by 28% in Q4 2017-18 (January-March 2018) compared with Q3 2017-18 (October-December 2017),…
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Latest figures from the Registry Trust have indicated that there has been a decrease in the volume of business judgments in Ireland. In Quarter 1 of 2018 there 120 business judgment issued, 36 fewer than in the same quarter of the previous year. This is coupled with a 37 percent drop in the average judgment’s…
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Illegal lending loan sharks will face a fresh new crackdown today as the government announces new funding to tackle unlawful lending. Over £5.5 million will be spent to fund the fight against loan sharks, helping to investigate and prosecute illegal lenders and support their victims. 100,000 of money already seized from loan sharks will also…
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Levels of arrears and repossessions are expected to grow this year, according to Jackie Bennett, Director of Mortgages at UK Finance, at the UK Finance Speaking at a UK Finance annual mortgage lunch, Bennett noted that arrears were at a historic low in 2017 with 89,000 people with arrears balances of 2.5% or more of their…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is urging the public to be alert to the growing threat of loan fee scams targeting borrowers. This plea comes as last year over £3.5 million was lost to loan fee fraud and reports to the FCA consumer helpline increased by 44%. Victims of loan fee fraud are often targeted…
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Latest figures from research by RSM have suggested that 81 percent of middle market businesses are vulnerable to money laundering and bribery. The findings according to the latest YouGov survey, commissioned RSM in a survey of more than 300 UK middle market business leaders, also revealed that 31 percent of firms have suffered, unwittingly or…
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The number of failures within the UK’s construction sector increased by 73.3% in Q1 2018 according to new figures from Creditsafe. The quarter kicked off with unexpected collapse of Carillion, which left thousands of suppliers unpaid and countless employees without work. The impact was clearly felt in the construction industry as four of the top…
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The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is urging the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to provide more protection for small business owners who use personal assets as collateral for commercial loans. At present only the smallest firms can currently make a complaint to the Financial Ombudsman (FOS). The FCA is proposing to widen the definition of…
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Globalisation and the need to keep up with international trends have led to an increase in the number of global CEOs now leading the FTSE’s largest listed companies, although UK CEOs remain the first choice, according to the Robert Half FTSE 100 CEO Tracker. The total number of UK CEOs leading the FTSE 100 has slipped…
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The board of Hampshire Trust Bank plc have announces the appointment of Matthew Wyles as the Bank’s new Chief Executive Officer subject to regulatory approval. Wyles will join Hampshire Trust Bank with immediate effect as CEO (Designate). This follows the announcement late last year that Mark Sismey-Durrant, who has been CEO since 2012, had decided…
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