Comments (0) Community leaders have called plans to cut funding for debt advice and benefit services “foolhardy” and “retrograde”. Staffordshire County Council had agreed to end the council’s £439,000-a-year contribution to the countywide debt, benefit and consumer advice service provided by the Citizens’ Advice Bureau (CAB). The decision to end the subsidy was approved by the…
LOS ANGELES Add Live Nation and its nearly 9,000 employees to the growing list of companies offering to help pay down student debt as an employee perk. Live Nation Entertainment is working with tech startup Tuition.io (tuition I owe, get it?) to administer the program, which Tuition.io also does for Staples, Fidelity Investments and Hewlett-Packard.…
The organisation, Council Tax Advisors (CTA), will operate on a UK-wide basis and provide free help and advice to people struggling with tax arrears. Carrington Dean said this meets a growing need for help as an estimated one in 10 UK households are struggling with council tax debts. The service will help individuals by assisting…
Comments (0) Cheadle Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) is bolstering its debt advice support as families struggle to balance their finances juggling Christmas debts with rising heating bills and other expenses. An online poll, conducted for the Money Advice Trust by YouGov, suggested that 11 per cent of consumers expect to fall behind with their finances in…
Public servants at Centrelink have been threatened with disciplinary action or even criminal prosecution as their bosses at the welfare agency try to stem the flow of internal leaks about the agency’s “robo-debt” campaign. Several workers have gone public about the debt recovery debacle since the controversy emerged last month and now Centrelink’s parent department,…
Public servants at Centrelink have been threatened with disciplinary action or even criminal prosecution as their bosses at the welfare agency try to stem the flow of internal leaks about the agency’s “robo-debt” campaign. Several workers have gone public about the debt recovery debacle since the controversy emerged last month and now Centrelink’s parent department,…
DEBT ADVICE Creditfix will talk through the position people are currently in and what route they can take to deal with their debts DEBT after the festive period is something weve all worried about.After the tree comes down and the decorations are packed away, many are left worrying how to manage the dent in their…
A new scheme to help borrowers reduce their debt burden starts next Monday. The debt consolidation plan, as it is called, targets people who will be affected by upcoming changes in borrowing limits. Under these rules, starting in June, unsecured debts cannot exceed 18 times a borrower’s monthly pay. In June 2019, that drops to…
The organisation, Council Tax Advisors (CTA), will operate on a UK-wide basis and provide free help and advice to people struggling with tax arrears. Carrington Dean said this meets a growing need for help as an estimated one in 10 UK households are struggling with council tax debts. The service will help individuals by assisting…
Alvarez & Marsal calls for beefing up machinery, judicial Bench strength New Delhi, January 17: The Corporate Affairs Ministry (MCA) and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy of India (IBBI) should limit the number of pending bankruptcy and insolvency cases referred to the National Company Law Tribunal, an Alvarez & Marsal report has suggested. NCLT, which was…