Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Latest quarterly figures from the Insolvency Service for England & Wales have indicated that personal insolvency numbers decreased by 21.4% in April 2023 to a total of 8,996 compared to March’s total of 11,447, and decreased by 8.1% compared to April 2022’s figure of 9,790. Personal insolvencies also decreased by 8.9% when compared to April…
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80% of consumers getting debt help say their mental health has affected their finances, according to a survey carried out by Money Wellness, Money Wellness surveyed their existing customers to find out how being in debt had affected their mental wellbeing and find out more about the link between mental health problems and money worries.…
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The Resolution Foundation says the Bank of England’s decision to hike rates to 4.5% will mostly impact young families. The Foundation notes that the Bank of England’s decision to combat high inflation by raising interest rates for the twelfth consecutive time to 4.5 per cent last Thursday – a rise of over four percentage points…
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An estimated 700,000 households missed a housing payment in the last month, new Which? research suggests, as the consumer champion calls on essential businesses to do more to support people through the cost of living crisis. Missed housing payments were particularly high among renters – with one in 20 (5.2%) renters surveyed missing a payment…
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New research from National Debtline, the free debt advice service run by the Money Advice Trust, has revealed that the average level of priority debt – including council tax, energy and rent arrears – held by callers has risen 54 percent since 2018, from £2,642 to £4,080. The findings, based on a survey of National…
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Two-fifths (43%) of key workers in the UK have been forced to take on additional part-time work on top of their full time role, or work extra overtime shifts to make ends meet, new research from responsible lender, Creditspring, shows. The data shows significantly higher levels of financial vulnerability among key workers, with nearly half…
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Latest quarterly figures from the Insolvency Service for England & Wales have indicated that personal insolvency numbers decreased by 2%. The total number of individual insolvencies was 9% lower when compared to figures from Quarter 1 (Q1) 2022. During Q1 2023, there were 29,017 personal insolvencies these comprised of 20,246 Individual Voluntary Arrangements (IVAs), 7,034…
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Research from HSBC and housing charity Shelter has found that one in five people feel less confident than they did six months ago about being able to pay their rent or mortgage on time for the rest of the year. The survey of more than 2,100 adults across the UK shows that those in the…
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A study by the Resolution Foundation think-tank almost two-fifths of 35 to 44-year-olds have had to borrow to make ends meet amid the cost-of-living crisis. The research found that 37% of people in the age bracket relied on formal lending, such as credit cards, overdrafts or loans in March. This was more than double the…
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Latest data from FICO on UK credit card trends has illustrated the financial balancing act many consumers are facing. Average card spend has increased month-on-month and year-on-year. Higher prices for day-to-day purchases will be reflected in this increase. UK consumers are also paying off less of their outstanding balance, indicating the squeeze on personal budgets.…
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Here is an overview of The Money Charity’s latest statistics for April 2023 Personal debt in the UK People in the UK owed £1,839.3 billion at the end of February 2023. The average total debt per household, including mortgages, was £65,510 and per adult was £34,582, around 105.3% of average earnings. Net mortgage lending rose by…
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Annual figures from Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB) have indicated that personal insolvency numbers in Scotland rose by nearly 3% in the year 2022-2023. The figures showed taht there were 8,004 personal insolvencies, this was an increase of 3% on 2021-2022’s figure of 7,769, a rise of 5.3% on 2020-2021’s figure of 7,600 and a fall…
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New figures released by the Trussell Trust have revealed that almost 3 million (2,986,203) emergency food parcels were provided to people facing hardship between April 2022 and March 2023, with more than a million of these parcels provided for children. This is the most parcels food banks in the charity’s UK-wide network have ever distributed…
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