Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Here is an overview of The Money Charity’s latest statistics for November 2016: Personal debt in the UK People in the UK owed £1.503 trillion at the end of September 2016. This is up from £1.451 trillion at the end of September 2015 – an extra £1036.58 per UK adult. Per adult in the UK…
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The Insolvency has published the latest Insolvency statistics between July & September. The key finding from the statistics was that total individual insolvencies increased for the fifth consecutive quarter, driven primarily by an increase in individual voluntary arrangements. Bankruptcies increased this quarter. It is likely that changes to the bankruptcy application process have affected the…
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More customers in vulnerable situations will get extra help, under changes to the Priority Services Register announced by Ofgem. Customers on the Priority Services Register can get free, vital services from network operators and suppliers to help them manage their energy. These include: customers being given a password so that they can safely identify representatives…
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Parents and children are relying on financial support from each other, according to the latest findings from a SunLife’s report. The research shows that while one in six (17%) 55-65s are expecting to be supported financially by their grown up kids when they retire, one in five (19%) adult children are relying on inheritance from their…
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More than a quarter of Brits (28%) admit to dreading the cost of Christmas, according to Debt Advisory Centre. As the most expensive time of year approaches, 18 million people say that they dread Christmas due to the cost. Young people (aged 18-24), are the most likely to dread Christmas with more than 1 in 3…
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Over half of the population of the UK, 35 million people, are worried about how they will pay for their heating this winter, according to new research commissioned by Debt Advisory Centre. As the temperatures drop, many households are keen to switch their heating on, but with the average annual gas bill reaching £714 some…
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Company directors could be fined up to £500,000 if their business is behind nuisance phone calls, under government moves to clamp down on the problem. The law is to be changed in Spring 2017 to make directors personally liable for breaches of regulations. At the moment only firms can be fined for ignoring rules on cold calling,…
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New figures from the Insolvency Service Ireland show that almost 900 people applied to put a formal insolvency arrangement in place with their lenders. The figures were for the three months to the end of September. This was up 102% on the same three months last year. But the number of heavily-indebted people who secured a…
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According to the Centre for Retail Research, over 9 million people will pay for Christmas on a credit card. 70% of people admit they haven’t started saving for Christmas, meaning millions of others will have to play catch up with their finances in the short run up to Christmas. The research also found that the average household…
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Here is an overview of The Money Charity’s latest statistics for October 2016: Personal debt in the UK People in the UK owed £1.499 trillion at the end of August 2016. This is up from £1.445 trillion at the end of August 2015 – an extra £995.43 per UK adult. The average total debt per household…
Read moreThe Money Charity has released statistics indicating that after years of steady falls, cases of mortgage arrears have risen for the second quarter in a row. According to the Financial Conduct Authority, at the end of Q2 2016 there were 218,279 mortgage loan accounts with arrears of more than 1.5% of the current loan balance. This…
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New figures released by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that new business in the point-of-sale (POS) consumer new car finance market grew 9% by value and 5% by volume in August, compared with the same month last year. The percentage of private new car sales financed by FLA members through the POS reached…
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New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show growth of 16% in consumer finance new business in August, compared with the same month last year. Credit card and personal loan new business together grew by 17% compared with August 2015, while retail store and online credit new business increased by 6%…
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