Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Vehicle collection company, Grosvenor Credit Management & Investigations (GCMI) has been sold to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT). GCMI is a specialist vehicle logistics company, which was established in 2004 to provide vehicle leasing companies with outsourced services, including vehicle collection, asset recovery, process serving, enforcement and tracing of customers. Ben Lee, founder and sole…
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The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) has published its annual corporate [lan. The plan covers the second year of MaPS’ first ever three-year Corporate Strategy. It outlines five priority themes which will help MaPS deliver its core services to millions of people, so they can get the guidance and advice they need on money, debt and pensions, however and whenever they need it. Caroline Siarkiewicz,…
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Business outsourcing specialist Sigma Connected’s Management has committed to a monthly £1,000 donation to Birmingham Children’s Hospital for the next 12 months. The company has pledged the four-figure monthly sum for the hospital’s iMRI appeal, which is aiming to raise £1.5 million to invest into new brain surgery technology. The monthly pledge from the company…
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TransUnion has announced that it partnered with Leeds Pride as a premium sponsor, aligned to the company’s ongoing commitment to promoting diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. Colleagues from TransUnion will be joining the parade through Leeds City Centre on 6 August, covering a 1.8 mile route. The team will also be participating in a fundraiser,…
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Paylink Solutions have announced that Susan Rann has stepped down from her role as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with Jake Ranson appointed as successor. Rann steps down from the role after after five years of service in that role. In statement the company said “That while we are saddened to see Susan leave, we are…
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Specialist lender Together has announced it has donated over £1 million to charity in the 2023 financial year. The funds, donated to local charities across the region, have been used to support a range of projects, from new affordable housing for young people facing homelessness to providing materials and supplies to a local college to…
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European credit management service provider, Intrum has announced a partnership with Aryza Group to leverage its software solution in the Netherlands. The credit management specialist has implemented Aryza Control software which will enable Intrum to distinguish between individuals who are genuinely unable to pay and those who are unwilling to fulfil their obligations, enabling them…
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Business outsourcing specialist Sigma Connected has announced a 12-month partnership with national foodbank charity, the Trussell Trust. Sigma Connected, which provides contact centre services for the utilities, retail, telecommunications and financial services sectors, selected the charity through an employee vote. The company’s UK based employees will be able to donate between £1 and £10 each…
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StepChange Debt Charity has announced the appointment of Liz Harding, Mike Ashley and Sue Acton as Trustees, who will join its board on 1st July. StepChange conducted a comprehensive and extensive search process to find new expertise to support the future direction and strategy of the charity. In particular, the charity sought lived experience of…
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Second charge mortgage distributor, Freedom Finance Mortgages has announced the appointment of Richard Sharp as Managing Director. Sharp has over twenty years of executive experience in the consumer lending sector and joins FFML from Tandem Bank, where he was Managing Director of Unsecured loans and Customer Proposition Director. He previously held operational and leadership roles…
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Advisers from Money Wellness, the wellbeing platform specialising in free debt advice and ongoing support, have taken part in a resilience training programme to help support their own mental wellbeing when helping people deal with complex debt problems. The programme, which was delivered by the Samaritans to Money Wellness advisers, is designed to help participants…
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European credit management, Lowell has completed a 24-hour relay to raise money for their charity partners, Turning Lives Around and MyBnk. The relay started at Lowell’s Leeds based office, with over 90 colleagues from across the business completing 30-minute slots to raise money for charity. Colleagues took to a variety of different challenges to complete…
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Financial software solutions provider, Aryza Group has announced a partnership with payments specialists Acquired.com to deliver a sophisticated range of data driven collection and disbursement options for their lending division with plans to extend this into other parts of the group including debt recovery and insolvency. Aryza says the partnership will also strengthen its consumer protection offering…
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