Debt

Adverse credit adults look to cut back on spending

Pepper Money has revealed that 41% of adults who have experienced adverse credit in...

Over one-third of over-55s living beyond their means

35% of over-55s say their expenditure exceeds their income, with a significant majority of...

Wellbeing partnership for debt solutions provider

Debt solution customers of Gregory Pennington and Freeman Jones now have access to a...

StepChange Financial Solutions joins the Equity Release Council

The Equity Release Council has announced that StepChange Financial Solutions has become its latest...

Sharp rise in over-55s’ credit card debt

The proportion of over-55s who have been in debt in the last five years...

30% drop in second charge repossessions

Latest figures from the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that the number of...

StepChange calls for General Election pledges on debt

StepChange Debt Charity has published the key measures that it wants the next government...

Half of homeowners who use equity release pay off mortgages

49% of equity release customers in the third quarter of 2019 used it to pay...

Over one-third of adults have missed a payment

39% of British adults have missed more than one credit payment, according to research...

Growing levels of financial pessimism

29% of Britons expect their finances to get worse in the next year, while...

Income shocks hit hardest in Wales

24% of Welsh adults are showing at least one sign of financial distress according...

1.26m may need broker support over the next 12 months

Specialist lender Pepper Money has published the findings from its detailed research carried out...

Credit card borrowing by over-55s rises significantly

The proportion of over-55s who have been in debt in the last five years...

StepChange: record numbers seeking debt advice

Debt charity StepChange has warned that warned that record numbers of households are vulnerable...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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