24 July, 2014
23 July, 2014
However, personal insolvencies have decreased over the same period, according to official statistics from Accountant in Bankruptcy.
23 July, 2014
New report focuses on the effects of workers being guaranteed no set amount of work any given week, with CAB clients being forced to borrow from payday lenders and resort to food banks because of significant variances in pay.
23 July, 2014
New proposals include legal obligation for government to raise as many fuel poor homes as reasonably practicable to a Band C energy efficiency rating by 2030.
18 July, 2014
New regulations that allow for First-tier Tribunals to hear appeals relating to mobile homes and licensing of caravan sites, and for the Tax and Chancery Chamber of the Upper Tribunal to determine references from or appeals against decisions of the regulatory authorities that replaced the Financial Services Authority.
16 July, 2014
New research from Age UK shows that 960,000 people aged 65 or over have had to spend less on food in the last 2 years.
16 July, 2014
10 July, 2014
Key figures in statistics published today include that, whilst the total insolvency rate decreased in all regions, the individual voluntary arrangement rate increased.
10 July, 2014
New publication sets out how service has performed against its business plan and key performance indicators, and presents full accounts for the 2013 to 2014 financial year.
8 July, 2014
Figures showing record number of complaints are likely to be 'only the tip of the iceberg', says Ombudsman.
4 July, 2014
Views invited by 2 September 2014 relating to the role played by the Money Advice Service in meeting changing consumer needs for information, education and advice on financial matters, and to make recommendations to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of current arrangements.
2 July, 2014
Financial Conduct Authority sets out rules from 1 July 2014, including limits on 'rollovers' and recovery by continuous payment authority.
25 June, 2014
Call for evidence seeks 'well-informed views about how the government can do more to support the development of the credit union movement in Great Britain'.
25 June, 2014
Payday loan company agrees on compensation after Financial Conduct Authority finds it had sent debt collection letters from non-existent law firms and, in some cases, charged customers administration fees for costs of letters.
18 June, 2014
In new report, MPs find that DCLG does not understand the overall impact of its housing strategy and has committed to spending up to £10bn on supporting Help to Buy without establishing whether it represents the most effective way of using taxpayers’ money to achieve its objectives.
18 June, 2014
New statutory instrument commences provisions for making regulations, orders or rules of court, amendments to the Debt Arrangement Scheme about non–natural persons, remuneration of office-holders and repeals to the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985. It also brings into force section 44 of the 2014 Act (representation of the Accountant in Bankruptcy in the Sheriff Court).
18 June, 2014
New statutory instrument brings into force provisions aligning debtor applications for sequestration with creditor petitions for sequestration by increasing the minimum debt limit from £1500 to £3,000 in Scotland.
13 June, 2014
Report by the Public Policy Institute for Wales on the levels of over-indebtedness in Wales reveals that 16 per cent, or 400,000 people, are in too much debt.
11 June, 2014
According to provisional findings, published today, a typical customer could save between £30 and £60 per year if the market were more competitive.
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