27 Nov 2025 | Posted In MALG updates

Hello to all our Members and Associates,

In this edition of Bob’s Blog:

  • A New Name for ‘Bob’s Blog’
  • 2026 Meeting Dates
  • Conference Feedback
  • Podcast Sponsorship
  • New Members
  • Members Friday Forum
  • Regional Meetings
  • Latest Money Advice/Debt Sector News

A New Name for ‘Bob’s Blog’

As you will probably now know, Bob Winnington is retiring in March so we need a new name for ‘Bob’s Blog’. After this one, they will be called the ‘MALG Community Catch-Up‘ to reflect the next generation of MALG as a collective of professionals ‘working together to improve the lives of people in debt’.

2026 Meeting Dates

Dates for all National Members Meetings, some Regional Meetings and all Friday Forums in 2026 are now on our events calendar – please add them to your diaries, more information will be available nearer the time. Chris Fitch of Money Advice Trust will be speaking at the National Members Virtual Meeting on 12 February – full agenda coming soon.

Conference Feedback

  • 200 Delegates
  • 20 Exhibitors
  • 6 Interactive Sessions
  • A LIVE Podcast
  • A Group Hug
  • Unrivalled Networking
  • A great send-off for Bob!

Thank you to everyone who took part in the MALG Conference 2025 – we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! On top of the amazing feedback we’ve had on LinkedIn and email, we’d appreciate your thoughts and ideas for future events via this survey, which closes on 28 November 2025.

If you weren’t able to be there, we’ll be sharing photos and video content from the day over the next few weeks on the website and LinkedIn.

 

Podcast Sponsorship

The LIVE Podcast we recorded at the MALG Conference 2025 with Liz Barclay is OUT NOW and we are looking for a Sponsor for the Podcast for 2026.In its first year it’s had more than 1,000 downloads and more than 850 listeners and the feedback has been excellent. We plan on making it even bigger and better next year so if you’d like your company name to be associated with it, please contact bob.winnington@malg.org.uk asap. Listen at www.malg.org.uk/podcast or wherever you get your podcasts.

New Members

Welcome to our newest MALG Members, Eastern Savings & Loans, Controlaccount Ltd and Enforcement Conduct Board, who are demonstrating their commitment to ‘working together to improve the lives of people in debt’:

If you are not already a Member, why not start taking advantage of the full range of benefits? Our Membership Application Form is fully online and takes just minutes to complete. Find out more about packages/prices, download our new Membership Brochure, and apply here.

Existing Members: If there are any organisations or sectors you would like to see as MALG Members, please let us know and we will look to engage with them. We are particularly keen to engage more energy and banking sector Members – any introductions that can be made would be much appreciated.

 

Members Friday Forum

PRA Group has generously offered to extend its Sponsorship of the MALG Members Friday Forum for the sixth consecutive year in 2026. Read more here.

Whether you’re a regular, have attended before, a Member who’s yet to take advantage of this hugely popular benefit, or you have a colleague who would like to attend, we would be delighted to welcome you on screen for an hour of informal, open – and usually lively! – debate on the latest issues facing those across the debt landscape.

The next fortnightly session is on Friday 5 December 2025, 10-11am and we will end the year with our Christmas Jumper Friday Forum on 19 December. All other information and dates can be found here.

 

Regional Meetings

If you are a National Member, you have access to all the Regional Groups chosen on your original Membership Application form and should receive email invitations with a password-protected link to the online booking form for all relevant Meetings. If you do not receive these and think you should be, please contact info@malg.org.uk.

Details of all upcoming MALG Regional Meeting Meetings, including the Virtual Scotland Meeting on 4 December, the North East & Yorkshire Meeting in Newcastle on 5 December, and the Virtual South East Meeting on 10 December, are listed in the events calendar here.

Please note the main contact for each Regional Group below should you have any other queries:

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