Lucy says she felt like she had ‘failed’ when her debt started overwhelming her. It was then she knew she had to ask for help

With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Awareness Month under way in October, some experts are raising the alarm over how banks and benefit systems are failing neurodivergent adults through confusing letters and forms or suddenly overwhelming financial changes that can be difficult for them to navigate without the right support.

Previous research has found that people with ADHD often earn around 25 per cent less and save 50 per cent less than their peers without ADHD. They are also more…

Lucy says she felt like she had ‘failed’ when her debt started overwhelming her. It was then she knew she had to ask for help

With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Awareness Month under way in October, some experts are raising the alarm over how banks and benefit systems are failing neurodivergent adults through confusing letters and forms or suddenly overwhelming financial changes that can be difficult for them to navigate without the right support.

Previous research has found that people with ADHD often earn around 25 per cent less and save 50 per cent less than their peers without ADHD. They are also more…

The Australian Financial Security Authority’s intervention in Jon Adgemis’ financial affairs has drawn much attention. The Federal Court orders to enter Adgemis into bankruptcy followed independent actions by AFSA and the Australian Taxation Office. While the headlines focus on personalities, the lesson is broader: effective insolvency regulation is an engine of productivity, economic growth and renewal.

The federal government has put regulation at the centre of its productivity agenda, dedicating part of the Economic Reform Roundtable to it, with a clear challenge: regulate with a growth mindset. That means proportionate, purposeful and outcomes focused regulation, overseen in ways that encourage participation and confidence.

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Philip Middlemiss, who played Des Barnes in Coronation Street, has reportedly been declared bankrupt for a second time after failing to keep up with tax payments

Coronation Street legend Philip Middlemiss has been declared bankrupt for a second time, according to reports.

The 62 year old actor, who portrayed Des Barnes on the ITV soap from 1990 to 1998, has reportedly faced financial difficulties once again.

During his stint on the cobbles, his character was wed to Denise Welch’s Natalie Horrocks and met a heroic end whilst protecting his stepson Tony Horrocks from a dangerous drugs gang.

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A major Alabama truck company abruptly shut down this week, leaving the future of hundreds of employees uncertain, according to Mutha Trucker, a YouTube channel covering the trucking industry.

The channel reports that Birmingham-based Montgomery Transport LLC has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and has immediately ceased operations, with about 1,000 employees now out of work.

The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

According to information from that YouTube channel, the company was in the process of being sold, with the final date set for Sept. 30.

However, a lawsuit derailed the process days before then, according to the Mutha Trucker channel.

The company moved, according to information provided to the channel, to…

NBA legend Michael Jordan didn’t hold back when asked by reporters if he had a gambling problem.

When considering who is the greatest basketball player of all time, it’s hard not to pick Chicago Bulls legend and NBA great Jordan after his incredible achievements in the sport.

Across his 15 season long career, ‘His Airness’ won six NBA titles, was a five-time MVP, six-time NBA finals MVP and holds a 6-0 record in those MVP finals.

But, like many of the other greats across all of sport, it appeared that Jordan had one weakness outside of sport during his career, gambling.

Throughout his career and beyond, Jordan has been known to bet on anything from golf to cards or even minor competitions involving his former teammates, leading to one…

Former Coronation Street actor Philip Middlemiss – famous for playing Des Barnes in the ITV soap – has reportedly been declared bankrupt after being unable to pay taxes

Coronation Street star Philip Middlemiss has been declared bankrupt, a report has claimed. It would make the second time the 62-year-old actor has faced bankruptcy.

The TV star is best known for playing Des Barnes in ITV’s Coronation Street between 1990 and 1998 – during which time his character was married to Denise Welch’s Natalie Horrocks and heroically died after defending his step-son, Tony Horrocks, from a drugs gang.

Middlemiss has…

The arrival of 600 Chagossian migrants in west London since July has pushed Hillingdon Council to the brink of financial collapse, officials have warned, amid the fallout from Prime Minister Keir Starmer‘s controversial handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The Tory-run borough, already struggling in the face of asylum pressures, faces a £2million bill this year alone for emergency housing and support, with leaders pleading for urgent government aid as costs spiral “out of control.”

The influx stems from a landmark October agreement in which the UK ceded sovereignty of the Indian Ocean archipelago—a British overseas territory since 1814—to Mauritius, while securing a 99-year lease on the strategic Diego Garcia military base…

It was established in the early 1970s

An important update has been issued on the fate of a decades-old employer that made all of its workforce redundant and entered administration.

Manufacturer Dale (Mansfield) Limited, which had operated from its factory off Rotherham Road in New Houghton on the Nottinghamshire-Derbyshire border, appointed administrators in October last year.