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Lloyds successful with PPI ad complaints

Lloyds Banking Group has seen complaints it made against two claims management companies upheld...

Debt management directors disqualified

A husband and wife team from Cheshire have been disqualified for a total of...

Average Brit juggling £5k worth of debt

A new survey from the AA has revealed that  5.4 million people (11%) have transferred...

Industry should improve defaulter rehabilitation

The consumer debt industry could do more to recognise positive steps taken by debt...

Decade of credit card debt for many Brits

MoneySuperMarket has reported that 37% of Britons have been saddled with credit card debt for up to...

6.8m adults have never checked their credit score

Nearly seven million UK adults in the near prime sector have never checked their credit...

Reduction in serious rent arrears

The improving employment market has led to fewer tenants falling into serious rent arrears,...

North/South repossession gap markedly closing

There has been almost halving in the divide between home repossessions in the North...

Slight shift in reasons for remortgaging

There was a fall of four percentage points in the number of people opting...

CML: repossession rate “lowest on record”

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has revealed that the number of repossessions in...

UK steel threat could worsen repossession figures

HML has stated that repossession rates for UK homes will remain low so far...

Equifinance concerned by CCJ peak

Secured loan lender Equifinance has outlined its concern at the sudden rise in consumer...

Significant fall in rate of personal insolvencies

The UK’s rate of personal insolvencies dropped by 18% as towns in the North...

Debt burden for older parents

Having children later in life is impacting the amount of debt people have as...

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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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