High Street debt soars five-fold to £2bn in pandemic 

Thousands of independent shops set to disappear from the High Street after debt soars five-fold to £2bn in pandemic By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 15 July 2021 | Updated: 22:04 BST, 15 July 2021 The High Street faces a tsunami of closures after debt at independent enterprises rocketed five-fold to … Read more

High Street debt soars five-fold to £2bn in pandemic 

Thousands of independent shops set to disappear from the High Street after debt soars five-fold to £2bn in pandemic By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 15 July 2021 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 15 July 2021 The High Street faces a tsunami of closures after debt at independent enterprises rocketed five-fold to … Read more

Generation Z debt fears as Klarna extends buy-now, pay-later credit

Generation Z debt fears rise as Klarna extends its buy-now, pay-later credit to all online purchases By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 7 June 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 7 June 2021 Klarna is extending its buy-now, pay-later (BNPL) credit to all online purchases amid concerns Generation Z will be drawn … Read more

No10 is tight-lipped over Boris Johnson’s £535 county court debt

Boris Johnson’s ‘unsatisfied’ £535 debt is revealed: No10 stays tight-lipped as register shows county court ordered him to repay the sum in OCTOBER Court records show that Boris Johnson has an ‘unsatisfied’ debt of £535  Ruling was made against the PM in October last year according to the register No10 is yet to comment on … Read more

Would you benefit from a salary advance scheme or could it get you into more debt?

With many people facing financial difficulties due to the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown, some could be tempted to turn to a growing breed of providers who offer the chance to access pay early. Salary advance schemes let users take a portion of their wages before their payday to help them if they are caught short … Read more

Government Debt Relief Order changes could help thousands more ‘freeze’ what they owe

Thousands of hard-up Britons could benefit from biggest changes to Debt Relief Orders in years… but they still face a £90 upfront fee DROs are aimed at those who struggle to pay any interest-bearing debts   They last for a year and protect borrowers from any enforcement action  However, the eligibility requirements have not been changed … Read more

Gangsters throw 1,000 COCKROACHES into restaurant in Taiwan over ‘unpaid debt’

Gangsters throw 1,000 COCKROACHES into Taiwan restaurant ‘over unpaid debt’ Two gangsters hurled 1,000 cockroaches into a restaurant in Taipei, Taiwan Attack on G House Taipei believed to have been carried out by a criminal gang   It is understood assailants were involved in a financial dispute with the owner  By Sophie Tanno For Mailonline Published: … Read more

Government launches ‘Breathing Space’ debt respite scheme: Will it work?

Britons with mounting debts will be able to ask for them to be put on hold for two months after proposals two years in the making came into effect today. The so-called ‘Breathing Space’ scheme, announced in 2019 after a five-year campaign from debt charities, will allow debtors to apply for a break from any … Read more

Alex Salmond’s new Alba Party says independent Scotland would not take on its fair share of UK debt

An independent Scotland should not have to pay its fair share of Britain’s national debt if it quits the UK, Alex Salmond’s new nationalist party has claimed. Policy documents drawn up by Alba say that it ‘rejects entirely any obligation’ for the country to inherit a slice of the £1.8trillion if it secedes from the … Read more