Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
New research from the ONS has indicated that UK businesses lost £23 million in turnover during the pandemic Despite the hard hit, UK business bounced back in 2021 with the highest count of new businesses in over four years. The first quarter of 2021 recorded the highest number of new businesses since the first quarter…
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The Government has announced new plans for the regulation of Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL). Under the new rules lenders will be required to ensure loans are affordable and rules will be amended to ensure advertisements are fair, clear and not misleading. The Government will expand rules to cover other forms of unsecured short-term credit…
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Specialist lender Cambridge & Counties Bank has appointed Glen Christie-MacAllan to the role of Head of Asset Finance. Christie-MacAllan replaces Simon Hilyer, who is moving to a new role within the bank developing our broker-based offering. He has extensive experience in the asset finance sector, having worked in the market for over 20 years. Prior…
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New figures released by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that consumer finance new business grew by 21% in April 2022 compared with the same month in 2021. In the first four months of 2022, new business was 30% higher than in the same period in 2021. The credit card and personal loan sectors…
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Business advisory firm, Quantuma, has announced that it has partnered with the UK’s first corporate credit ratings advisory service, Lightbulb Credit, to expand the range of support it can offer to the professional advisory community and their clients across the UK. Lightbulb is the UK’s only advisor offering businesses the opportunity to review, better understand,…
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New figures released by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that consumer car finance new business volumes fell in April 2022 by 1% compared with the same month in 2021. The corresponding value of new business grew by 12% over the same period. In the first four months of 2022, new business volumes were…
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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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Latest figures from the Insolvency Service have shown that the number of business insolvencies in England & Wales increased by 79.2% compared to May 2021’s figure of 1,014 but dereased by 8.9% in May 2022 to a total of 1,817 compared to April’s total of 1,995. Of the 1,817 registered company insolvencies in May 2022…
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Latest figures from Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB) have indicated that business insolvency numbers (liquidations and receiverships) in Scotland increased in May by 82% In May 2022 there were 93 company insolvencies registered in Scotland, 82% higher than May 2021 and 19% higher than in May 2019. This was comprised of 19 compulsory liquidations, 68 CVLs, and…
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Latest statistics from the Insolvency Service have indicated that Northern Irish business insolvencies and personal insolvency figures declined in the latest monthly figures round-up for May. In May 2022 there were 20 company insolvencies registered in Northern Ireland, 2.6 times as many as in May 2021, but 50% lower than May 2019. This was comprised…
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Energy regulator Ofgem has announced the next steps in their plans to prevent the kind of energy supplier failures we saw last year and to better protect consumers’ money if they do fail. The plans set out tough new measures to improve the financial health of energy suppliers meaning they can stand up to future…
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Litigation funding specialists, Apex Litigation Finance has announced the appointment of Stephen Allinson, Solicitor and Licensed Insolvency Practitioner, as their new Head of Legal. Allinson is a credit, debt and insolvency specialist who has worked in the field since 1987. His extensive background also includes setting up his own consultancy and before that he was…
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HMRC has announced that interest rates for late payments will be revised following the Bank of England interest rate rise to 1.25%. The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee voted on 16 June 2022 to increase the Bank of England base rate to 1.25% from 1%. HMRC interest rates are linked to the Bank of England…
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