DEBT Free Direct, a UK-based debt advisor, has seen its half-year profits rocket 128 per cent to £4.3 million – after the number of borrowers taking out financial rescue packages soared.
Category: Aggregator
This Is Money: Banks Call For Insolvency Crackdown
The UK’s major banks are calling for a crackdown on misleading advertising from companies that specialise in personal insolvencies.
This Is Money: Mortgage Firm Fined £17,500
A firm of mortgage brokers has been fined for cold calling potential customers and mis-selling payment protection insurance
Motley Fool: Common Sense And Uncommon Wisdom
“Therefore a wise man, while regarding contraries as identical, adapts himself to the laws of nature. This is called following two courses at once.” The Way of Chuang Tzu
MoneyExpert: NCC: Make Changes To Encourage Low-income Consumers
The National Consumer Council (NCC) has said that financial exclusion can be combated if those with low-incomes are encouraged to open bank accounts.
MoneyExpert: Mortgage Lending Up By 4% From September
Gross mortgage lending for the month of October reached £30.3 billion, which is a four per cent increase on September’s total.
This Is Money: Hammers Snapped Up For £85m
English Premier League side West Ham United has agreed a takeover by a consortium headed by the Icelandic Football Association president
This Is Money: ‘Orphan Asset’ Windfalls Move Closer
1.1m million members of Aviva’s with-profits fund could share in a £3bn windfall as the company moves ahead with distributing orphan assets
This Is Money: Blackout Warning As Energy Crisis Looms
The energy crisis is far worse and will begin hitting far earlier than the Government believes, a top power industry consultant has claimed
This Is Money: Women Are The Pension Losers
Thousands of women who made extra pension payments during career breaks have effectively thrown the money down the drain