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In today’s bulletin: General update Financial Ombudsman Service 2024/25 complaints report Debt remedies and credit reporting Harnessing AI and its governance - FCA speech - 1/7/2025 Collaborations Events   General update UK Finance publishes Mansion House submission UK Finance has published its submission to government ahead of the Chancellor’s Mansion House speech on 15 July and the government’s new Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy. Two key areas stood out for me in the submission: FOS reform: Set out how… Read more

In today’s bulletin: General update Council tax arrears on the rise CSJ report – Vital Signs The Data Use and Access Act 2025 (DUAA) Personal insolvency statistics Collaborations Events   General update Since I have been away, we seem to have had a number of government U-turns. The PM has said his welfare reforms strike "the right balance" after making concessions to his own backbench MPs (not for the first time). As part of the U-turn on welfare reforms, ministers… Read more

In today’s bulletin: General update IVA Protocol update and IPA 2024 IVA Volume Provider report FCA review of Motor Finance Commissions Debt Buyer, DCA and BPO event on 17 June 2025 at the Treehouse Hotel in Manchester Collaborations Events   Debt Adviser Apprenticeship Scheme General update Apparently, Tesla shares have tumbled as the Trump-Musk feud erupted. Shares in the electric car company dropped 14% at one point, wiping out roughly $150 billion in market value in one of the worst… Read more

In today’s bulletin: General update IVA Protocol update and IPA 2024 IVA Volume Provider report FCA review of Motor Finance Commissions Debt Buyer, DCA and BPO event on 17 June 2025 at the Treehouse Hotel in Manchester Collaborations Events   Debt Adviser Apprenticeship Scheme General update Apparently, Tesla shares have tumbled as the Trump-Musk feud erupted. Shares in the electric car company dropped 14% at one point, wiping out roughly $150 billion in market value in one of the worst… Read more

In today’s bulletin: General update QA Frameworks Credit reporting: Interim Working Group (IWG) - May 2025 update FCA update on 'requirements' (e.g. restrictions around debt advice) Debt Buyer, DCA and BPO event on 17 June 2025 at the Treehouse Hotel in Manchester Collaborations Events   Debt Adviser Apprenticeship Scheme General update Average UK monthly private rents increased by 7.4%, to £1,335, in the 12 months to April 2025 (provisional estimate); this annual growth rate is down from 7.7% in the… Read more

In today’s bulletin: General update CP25/13 - Changing complaint data reporting Personal insolvency stats – April 2025 New rules to end BNPL wild-west Consultation on Consumer Credit Act 1974 (CCA) Reform Collaborations Events   Debt Adviser Apprenticeship Scheme General update The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by 3.5% in the 12 months to April 2025, up from 2.6% in the 12 months to March. The rise in inflation to 3.5% is probably not unexpected, but highlights the hand-to-mouth media stories… Read more