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02 Oct 2019 | Posted In Bob's Blog (MALG updates)

Believe it or not there is now less than one month to go until the MALG Conference 2019! Having recently announced the (almost) full programme for the must-attend event, we now have the finished product up on the website which includes our third and final keynote speaker for the day, Helen Bierton, Head of Banking […]

02 Oct 2019 | Posted In Money advice news

From 1st October 2019, the Debt and Mental Health Evidence form (DMHEF) is changing. First launched in 2008 by the Money Advice Liaison Group, the DMHEF has provided creditors with a way to collect external evidence about a customer’s mental health situation to decide what support to give to that customer. A review was conducted […]

19 Sep 2019 | Posted In Money advice news

In a unique communications campaign, the Credit Services Association (CSA) is building confidence in the debt collection sector and encouraging people in financial difficulty to engage early with its debt collection company members. The Money Advice Service (now part of the Money and Pensions Service, MaPS) estimates that 8.3 million people in the UK are over-indebted, however, […]

12 Sep 2019 | Posted In Money advice news

The use of bailiffs to collect debts owed to local authorities in England and Wales has risen by 7 percent in two years, driven by a surge in the use of bailiffs to collect parking debts, according to new  research by the Money Advice Trust, the charity that runs National Debtline and Business Debtline. More than 2.6 […]

10 Sep 2019 | Posted In Bob's Blog (MALG updates)

We are very pleased to unveil the programme for the MALG Conference 2019 which will be all about the ‘Changing Face of Debt Advice’! It’s set to be a jam-packed day with an impressive lineup of speakers discussing and debating all the hottest current topics in debt advice and related sectors, plus some new and exclusive […]