Bob’s Blog: Members Meeting papers and Debt & Pension Advice Report Launch
Thanks to all who attended our recent National Members Meeting. As always, the guest speaker sessions generated some very healthy discussion and debate especially John Fairhurst of Payplan’s talk on consumer IVAs. The output of this session is something that we must capture and move forward – if you’d like to register your interest in […]
Read MoreBob’s Blog: MALG National Members Meeting 26 September 2017
It hardly seems any time since our last National Members Meeting & AGM where the Money Advice Service launched its new toolkit for creditors on how they can collaborate with debt advice agencies, Yvonne Fovargue MP kindly gave us an update on her campaigning work as a member of the APPG on Debt, and Jane Tully of […]
Read MoreBob’s Blog: Insights from MALG’s National Members Meeting
It may be the end of term for schools, colleges, and universities up and down the country but we’ve got a packed summer ahead of us at MALG finalising plans for our conference in November and continuing to engage with potential new members in wider sectors including utilities, local government, and housing. National Members Meeting […]
Read MoreBob’s Blog: MALG Conference 2017 speakers and programme
I spoke about the unpredictable environment we are currently experiencing and this continues unabated! The awful fire at Grenfell Tower and the subsequent implications make us all stop in our tracks and question how this could happen. The onset of July will hopefully lead to better times; the start of Wimbledon, hopes of a return to […]
Read MoreBob’s Blog: The money advice landscape post-election
It’s fair to say that a lot has changed since the last Bob’s Blog! We are all still trying to work out what the election result actually means and what the short and long term implications may be but we are now used to working in an unpredictable environment and when it comes to MALG’s […]
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