The number of people going bust has risen for the first time in seven years. Official figures show there were 17.6 insolvencies per 10,000 adults in 2015 and that increased by 2.1 to 19.7 last year. All regions in England and Wales saw increases – the North East is the insolvency capital, while London has…
Debt repayment is the other half of the process whenever take on debt and with the way consumers are piling up debt amounts, repayment is increasingly becoming an important part of the discussion. This is one of the reasons why National Debt Relief recently published an article titled “9 Ways To Save And Repay Debt”…
A sales tax increase may help fund debt from new schools and school additions, since as this renovation plan for Brentwood High School.(Photo: Submitted) Two municipalities have agreed to help pay school debt if residents approve a sales tax increase later this year. With recent approval from Nolensville and Franklin, the school debt payment idea…
by Sam Henderson It can be worth holding the right properties (even with debt), says Sam Henderson who answers your questions on super. Q: I am in my early fifties and have nearly paid off my principle place of residence, but I have some investment properties that have debt associated with them. Sam, you often…
A Corowa dental clinic will soon extend its opening hours to help an elderly woman in the town who was conned out of $7000 as a result of a phone scam. The Free Press reported on the scam in June last year that left the woman, who did not want to be named, feeling shaken…
Knowledge is a powerful thing. And no one needs knowledge about the long-term financial impact of a college loan more than the kid whos going to be on the hook for it. In the past, the whole nature of disclosing information about the direct impact of college loans on ones finances was a case of…
SBD/July 11, 2017/Facilities Published July 11, 2017 The city of Arlington has “formalized a plan to refinance its AT&T Stadium debt to help pay” for the citys half of the new $1B retractable-roof ballpark for the Rangers, according to Robert Cadwallader of the FT. WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM. The refinancing plan is “among numerous legal… …
There is a stigma in UK workplaces that employers are rarely tackling, but must. It focuses on the vast levels of debt that millions of UK employees are carrying and which is shown, through mounting evidence, to have a debilitating impact on an employees wellbeing, their work and, as a consequence, a businesses overall productivity.…
Applications for loans will now be analysed separately in a push for responsible lending. In the last few days, Commonwealth Bank has announced some new changes to help tighten its lending policies. The bank contacted mortgage brokers last week to confirm that it will no longer bundle home loan and credit card applications together. Customers…
Joshua Paul/Associated Press The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has no interest in helping the city of Rio de Janeiro clear a debt of roughly $35-40 million from last year’s Olympic games. Per the Associated Press (via Sports Illustrated), the organisation’s executive board made the decision after a meeting in Switzerland on Sunday. In a statement, the IOC…