Mortgage arrears fell by 0.3% in Q3
Latest data from Pepper Advantage, has found the arrears rate dropped 0.3% in Quarter 3 (Q3) 2025, following a significant 4.4% decline in Q2 2025. The data highlights a rebound in new mortgage originations, which surged by 20.2% compared to...
Inflation holds at 3.8% – industry reaction
Latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) data has shown that inflation held at 3.8 per cent in the year...
City Minister backs drive to tackle economic abuse
Surviving Economic Abuse (SEA) – the UK charity dedicated to tackling economic abuse, has launched an industry-leading, practical guide to...
Businesses should prepare for cyberattacks after rise in ‘nationally significant’ incidents
RSM UK is urging businesses to be fully prepared for a cyber-attack, as recent figures from the NCSC (National...
Four million households stuck in arrears
Four million people in England and Wales are trapped in a negative budget, meaning they simply don’t have enough...
Money Wellness and Capital One agree financial support partnership
Money Wellness has announced a new partnership with Capital One to provide customers with the tools and guidance they need to help them manage their finances more effectively and improve their financial well-being. The partnership will allow Capital One’s...
Mortgage arrears fell by 0.3% in Q3
Latest data from Pepper Advantage, has found the arrears rate dropped 0.3% in Quarter 3 (Q3) 2025, following a...
City Minister backs drive to tackle economic abuse
Surviving Economic Abuse (SEA) – the UK charity dedicated to tackling economic abuse, has launched an industry-leading, practical guide to...
Four million households stuck in arrears
Four million people in England and Wales are trapped in a negative budget, meaning they simply don’t have enough...
Money Advice Trust appoints new Trustees
Debt advice charity, the Money Advice Trust, has announced it has appointed two new Trustees to its board. Tom...
Inflation holds at 3.8% – industry reaction
Latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) data has shown that inflation held at 3.8 per cent in the year to September. Core Inflation came in at 3.5% in the 12 months to September, down from the 3.6% in August...
Builder hid bankruptcy from customer who paid for home improvements
A bankrupt builder who persuaded a customer to pay him more than £30,000 for home improvements he never completed...
Retiring owners are driving business acquisition funding
Plans to retire or step back are the primary motives for business owners looking to sell as part of...
Businesses should prepare for cyberattacks after rise in ‘nationally significant’ incidents
RSM UK is urging businesses to be fully prepared for a cyber-attack, as recent figures from the NCSC (National...
One in five profit warnings issued by listed companies cites weaker consumer confidence
One in five of the 64 profit warnings issued by UK-listed companies during Q3 2025 cited the impact of...
Cost of spreading car insurance payments falls
Latest Consumer Intelligence marketView data shows the average cost of credit on monthly motor insurance payments fell from 10.6% in August 2024 to 9.7% in August 2025, continuing a year-on-year downward trend. Almost half of all active insurers reduced...
Target Group appoints new Chair
Business process outsourcing (BPO) specialist, Target Group has announced the appointment of Shashi Bhat as Chairman to help steer its...
FCA urges stricter controls as Romance fraud grows by 9%
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has urged banks and payment firms to enhance controls against romance fraud. The FCA...
Household credit availability continues to increase
Quarterly data from the Bank of England has found that lenders reported the availability of both secured and unsecured...
Credit card spending rose by 2.4% in July
Latest data from UK Finance has found that there were 415 million credit card transactions in July, 2.4 per...
Construction insolvencies leave house builders in limbo
Latest Insolvency Service data has shown that the construction industry experienced the highest number of insolvencies in the 12 months to August 2025 at 3,934, making up 17% of all industry cases. Kelly Boorman, National Head of Construction at...
Business insolvencies fall by 1.7%
Latest figures from the Insolvency Service have shown that the number of business insolvencies in England and Wales fell...
Scottish business insolvencies increase by 41%
Latest figures from the Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB) have shown that business insolvencies in Scotland increased in September 2025....
Northern Irish personal insolvencies fall whilst business insolvencies remain stable
Latest monthly statistics from the Insolvency Service show that personal insolvencies fell in Northern Ireland in September 2025, whilst...
Begbies Traynor appoints Director
Begbies Traynor has announced it has added to its team in Glasgow with the appointment of George Lafferty as...
Autumn: Commercial Credit & Collections Conference, Thursday 20th November, Manchester
Commercial Credit & Collections Conference (Autumn) Thursday 20th November Midland Hotel, Manchester The Autumn Commercial Credit & Collections Conference series will continue on Thursday 20th November in Manchester. The event was first launched in 2019 and has been a virtual event in recent years but it returned with an events in Leeds and Manchester in…
Autumn: Credit & Collections Technology Think Tank, 20th November, Manchester (followed by the 2025 Credit & Collections Technology Awards)
Credit Connect’s Credit & Collections Technology Think Tank is a new, innovative and unique event in the industry calendar.
2025 Credit & Collections Technology Awards Ceremony, 20th November, Manchester
The Credit & Collections Technology Awards is the flagship annual awards event for the lending, credit and collections sector.
2026 Credit & Collections Industry Awards – Thursday 21st May 2026, Nottingham
Credit & Collections Industry Awards Thursday 21st May 2026, York The third Credit & Collections Industry Awards will take place in York on 2026. The Awards has been launched to highlight the success of companies and individuals who lead the way in enhancing credit, lending and collections best practices. The awards will celebrate the best…
