http://www.completedebtguide.co.uk/news/ The Comprehensive Guide to Debt en-gb Copyright (C) 2006 - 2009 by The Complete Debt Guide Mon, 5 Jan 2009 12:40:55 GMT Mon, 5 Jan 2009 12:40:55 GMT Newspapers http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 2 http://www.completedebtguide.co.uk/images/page/logo.gif http://www.completedebtguide.co.uk/news/ 164 69 http://www.completedebtguide.co.uk/news/2009/January/personal-debt-increased-by-1million.html Britain’s debt increased by £1million every 10 minutes in 2008... 84 Mon, 5 Jan 2009 12:39:00 GMT http://www.completedebtguide.co.uk/news/2008/December/credit-card-debt-a-threat-for-future.html Forget the sub-prime mortgage crunch, it's Britain's mountain of credit card debt we should be worried about... 83 Mon, 1 Dec 2008 13:02:00 GMT http://www.completedebtguide.co.uk/news/2008/November/debtors-at-risk-new-bailiff-laws-could.html New laws discussed in parliament yesterday will put debtors in England and Wales at massive risk from bailiffs, the consumer advice charity “The Citizens Advice Bureau” is warning... 82 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:38:00 GMT http://www.completedebtguide.co.uk/news/2008/October/its-bad-very-bad-but-we-can-stop-it.html Businesses are not just worried about a downturn. Their deep fear is about whether they will be able to survive over the next six months... 81 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:17:00 GMT http://www.completedebtguide.co.uk/news/2008/October/debt-uk-banks-nationalised-and-debts.html Three British banks have been bailed out by the UK Government, after it agreed to nationalise them in the aim of encouraging financial markets and banking confidence... 80 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 9:15:00 GMT http://www.completedebtguide.co.uk/news/2008/October/qa-how-will-the-uk-bailout-work.html LONDON, England (CNN) -- Why has the UK government decided to inject nearly $90 billion of taxpayers' money into banks and lend them a further $350 billion?... 79 Wed, 8 Oct 2008 11:57:00 GMT http://www.completedebtguide.co.uk/news/2008/September/superbank-puts-40000-jobs-at-risk.html Lloyds TSB has agreed a £12bn emergency takeover of Halifax Bank of Scotland in a deal that could lead to 40,000 job cuts... 78 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:24:00 GMT http://www.completedebtguide.co.uk/news/2008/September/uk-housing-market-crash-now-at-minus.html The Halifax's latest house price data shows that the housing market crash continued to accelerate into August... 77 Mon, 8 Sep 2008 9:34:00 GMT http://www.completedebtguide.co.uk/news/2008/September/pencil-in-2010-as-the-start-of-recovery.html The UK is currently entering a recession. When, and how, will it end? The Bank of England, for the time being, is in no position to help... 76 Mon, 1 Sep 2008 10:53:00 GMT http://www.completedebtguide.co.uk/news/2008/August/uk-seems-set-for-a-recession-and-must.html Most City economists now believe a recession is inevitable - and are focused instead on avoiding depression and deflation. Edmund Conway reports... 75 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:27:00 GMT http://www.completedebtguide.co.uk/news/2008/August/consumers-suffer-hangover-after-years.html The events of a year ago went unnoticed by most households, but what began as an arcane financial crisis is now hitting homes nationwide as tighter lending conditions grip the UK economy... 74 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:10:00 GMT http://www.completedebtguide.co.uk/news/2008/August/builders-hgv-drivers-face-debt.html Workers in two of Britain’s key trades are being driven deeper into debt as jobs in construction and road haulage are cut in response to the worsening economic outlook... 73 Thu, 7 Aug 2008 14:14:00 GMT http://www.completedebtguide.co.uk/news/2008/July/economy-severn-trent-expects-rise-in.html Severn Trent warned yesterday that more customers could struggle to meet their water bills as further evidence emerged that Britons are feeling the pinch in the economic downturn... 72 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:45:00 GMT http://www.completedebtguide.co.uk/news/2008/July/bank-says-bad-debt-levels-continue-to.html Officials from the high street bank, HBOS, have said that the number of borrowers that are falling into bad debt by missing repayments is continuing to rise... 70 Wed, 9 Jul 2008 10:28:00 GMT http://www.completedebtguide.co.uk/news/2008/July/cry-for-help-from-buy-to-let-investors.html The UK Insolvency Helpline said that the credit crunch was leaving many buy-to-let professionals unable to cope with their mounting debts... 69 Thu, 3 Jul 2008 13:34:00 GMT http://www.completedebtguide.co.uk/news/2008/June/house-prices-face-fall-of-9.html Property prices are likely to fall by 9 per cent this year, Halifax Bank of Scotland has warned... 68 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:55:00 GMT http://www.completedebtguide.co.uk/news/2008/June/uk-housing-market-falling-faster-than.html The housing market is deteriorating at a much faster rate than it did during the recession of the early 1990s, Bellway said, as expectancy grew in the City that some UK housebuilders could be forced to raise capital to shore up their balance sheets... 67 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:20:00 GMT http://www.completedebtguide.co.uk/news/2008/June/debt-facts-and-figures-compiled-2nd.html Total UK personal debt at the end of April 2008 stood at £1,436bn. The growth rate increased to 8.4% for the previous 12 months which equates to an increase ... 66 Wed, 4 Jun 2008 10:06:00 GMT http://www.completedebtguide.co.uk/news/2008/June/how-broke-britain-could-benefit-from.html Caution made it look lacklustre during the boom. Now, with its famous industrial base intact, Germany is reaping the reward for avoiding sub-prime deals, housing bubbles and debt... 65 Mon, 2 Jun 2008 10:59:00 GMT http://www.completedebtguide.co.uk/news/2008/May/hsbc-arm-flouting-anti-bullying-rules.html HFC Bank, a subsidiary of HSBC, is flouting industry guidelines put in place to prevent banks from bullying their indebted clients... 64 Thu, 22 May 2008 13:30:00 GMT