Credit, collections & insolvency news
Ecospend, the open banking technology provider has announced that it is partnering with enforcement and debt resolution specialist CDER Group to provide its account to account ‘Pay-by-Bank’ solution. Collecting over £250m of unpaid Central and Local Government debt each year, CDER Group are using Ecospend’s ‘Pay-by-Bank’ solution to provide an additional, easy to use, secure…
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Credit Connect’s hosted its fifth Online Collections Technology Think Tank 3.2 last week which saw collections strategies and the impact of cost of living economic stresses discussed by twelve collections professionals from a variety of industry sectors. The themes of collections risk, customer engagement, affordability and the future of collections were discussed by panellists and…
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The Enforcement Conduct Board, the new oversight body for the enforcement sector, has announced the appointment of four new non-executive board members. The four new board members are Alan Cavill is Director of Communications and Regeneration at Blackpool Council, supporting a town that has 8 of the ten most deprived neighbourhoods in England and is…
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Latest statistics quarterly figures from the Insolvency Service for England & Wales have indicated that personal insolvencies numbers increased by 23.3% compared to May 2021’s figure of 8,496 and increased by 11.2% to 10,476 in May 2022 compared to 9,417 in April. There were 2,030 DROs and 566 bankruptcies. For individuals, 566 bankruptcies were registered, which was…
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CIVEA gave evidence this week to the House of Commons Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC) Select Committee inquiry into Council Tax collection. The primary trade association for civil enforcement agencies in England & Wales, representing more than 95% of the industry, highlighted recent advances in technology and directed MPs to Cabinet Office work on…
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Latest figures from the Registry Trust have shown that there was a decline in consumer County Court Judgments (CCJs) in England & Wales in the first quarter of 2022. The report shows that CCJs fell by 17% from 234,891 in Q1 2021 to 194,744 in Q1 2022. The total value of consumer CCJs also fell…
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The Government has announced it will launch a new Renters Reform Bill with the aim of delivering the biggest change of improving the lives of millions of renters by driving up standards in the private and socially rented sector, delivering on the government’s mission to level up the country. The change will impact 4.4 million…
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Bristow & Sutor has announced that it has hired two leading industry experts as Client Development Managers, representing the latest step in the company’s ongoing commitment to growth and innovation. Michelle Giles and Peter Haywood, who share extensive respective careers in local authorities and across revenues and benefits, will now contribute to an exciting new…
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CIVEA has announced the winner of its first-ever enforcement industry excellence awards, following the annual Reflection & Collection conference in London last Thursday. The CIVEA Enforcement Excellence Awards took place directly after the conference and saw a number of businesses and personnel recognised for ongoing commitment, contributions and success within the sector. CIVEA Chief Executive…
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CIVEA, the primary trade association for civil enforcement agencies in England & Wales, representing more than 95% of the industry, has released a new report detailing the significant changes to enforcement operations in recent times, ahead of the sector’s annual conference in April. The report titled ‘Reflection and Collection – the Evolution of Civil Enforcement”…
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Marston Holdings, a provider of integrated technology-enabled solutions from design through to implementation, management and recovery, has announced it has acquired Grosvenor Services Group (GSG), supplier of specialist services to utilities. GSG will form part of Engage, a technology-driven field services provider that conducts over 50,000 visits to people, businesses and their properties every month…
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£426m worth of property has been repossessed over the last year according to research by HBB Solutions. The company analysed government data on the level of homes to have been repossessed over the last 12 months, as well as the price they achieve as a result of this repossession and how this compares to their…
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DataTrace UK, a tracing and contact agency has recently been acquired by The Broadriver Group. Established in 1991, DataTrace UK provides specialist global tracing and information services to local authorities, enforcement agents, educational institutions, utilities companies and those working in the financial sector. The acquisition will further strengthen The Broadriver Group’s portfolio, which includes Controlaccount…
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