1 October, 2014
30 September, 2014
Findings of online payday loan tracker survey include that only one in five people struggling to repay a payday loan had the interest frozen and only a quarter thought the lender treated them sympathetically,
25 September, 2014
New Ministry of Justice statistics include that total of legal help matters started and civil representation certificates granted was 32 in employment cases, 2,584 in debt cases, 3,877 in community care cases and 55,943 in housing cases.
23 September, 2014
Review instigated following BBC exposure of companies sending letters purporting to be from debt recovery organisations.
22 September, 2014
Authority warns that firms must demonstrate that they provide appropriate advice, do not charge unfair fees, and have adequate processes for handling client money when assessments for consumer credit authorisation start next month.
15 September, 2014
Finding of Children's Society survey as new report calls for restrictions on loan advertising to join those already in place to protect children from adverts for gambling, alcohol, tobacco and junk food.
5 September, 2014
4 September, 2014
Response sets out 'Blueprint for Development' based on enabling legislation and proportionate regulation; sound governance and strong management; sustainable business models, products and services; and appropriate investment.
27 August, 2014
New report from Citizens Advice Scotland which finds that consumers can experience significant detriment and hardship caused by the (often unintentional) use of a credit broker.
27 August, 2014
[2014] NI Master 11
22 August, 2014
New regulations prescribe the fees and outlays payable to the Accountant in Bankruptcy in respect of the exercise of that office’s functions under the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985, and also prescribe when and in what manner certain fees and outlays are due for payment.
22 August, 2014
New regulations that set out the procedure for the making of applications to, and decisions by, the Accountant in Bankruptcy under the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 as amended by the Bankruptcy and Debt Advice (Scotland) Act 2014.
22 August, 2014
New regulations that re-enact, with modifications, the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Regulations 2008 following amendments to the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 as amended by the Bankruptcy and Debt Advice (Scotland) Act 2014.
19 August, 2014
Financial Services Ombudsman warns consumers about websites that take hundreds of pounds on the promise of finding cheap credit, only for the loans never to materialise.
15 August, 2014
Fact that working households who are ‘housing pinched’ and in the bottom half of the income distribution have so little left over, in cash terms, to pay for other things, is a real cause for concern, says Resolution Foundation.
12 August, 2014
Money to support 26 projects across Scotland providing services that include increasing food provision, promoting healthy eating, benefits and other advice and linking food providers across a local area.
12 August, 2014
Guardian reports on pilot scheme of new service introduced after survey revealed that many food bank clients had payday loans.
6 August, 2014
Consultation will also consider increasing the bankruptcy debt threshold which has been set at £750 for almost 30 years.
28 July, 2014
Centre for Social Justice sets out major package of personal debt reforms designed to 'bring fairer banking to Britain’s poorest communities and challenge the monopoly of mainstream banks and payday lenders'.
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