Hey,

Pretty rubbish start to the year.

Was in hospital last week, me and the missus have split and potentially losing my job.

Great!

Basically work have pulled me up on sending emails to my mate in work and various different companies outside of work...

Hi All,

Firstly, I hope everyone has a good Christmas & New Year Period

I was sent an email from BPO Collections yesterday (on behalf of Virgin Media), dated 25th Dec and received at 9:09am. Are they allowed to do that on Christmas Day!? Seems very underhand to me!...

Lloyds fined £218m over Libor rigging scandal

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 28th July 2014 15:12.

*Lloyds Banking Group has been fined £218m for "serious misconduct" over some key interest rates set in London.* The fines were issued by the......

BC Business Live

• WONGA COMPENSATION10:38:
  The Financial Conduct Authority says payday lender Wonga will not face criminal action after being found to have invented fictitious law firms and sent letters threatening legal action to customers in arrears. Wonga must pay £2.6m in compensation.

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Bankers may be jailed under proposed new UK law

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 2nd October 2013 09:19.

Senior bankers could face criminal charges for "reckless" misconduct leading to the fall of a bank, under new UK government plans. Chancellor George......

Jail reckless bankers, standards commission urges

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 19th June 2013 07:16.

Senior bankers guilty of reckless misconduct should be jailed, a long-awaited report on banking commissioned by the government has recommended. The......

Does anyone know if you are entitled to accrued holida y pay when dismissed for gross misconduct. I always thought that it was summary dismissal without notice or accrued holiday pay. However i have read that under the working time directive you are entitled to accrued holiday pay. It may not seem right...

Bank of Scotland guilty of serious misconduct

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 9th March 2012 17:33.

The city watchdog, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has found the Bank of Scotland guilty of serious misconduct in the way it lent money to...
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When will the bankruptcy finish (officialy known as being discharged)?

This is one of the most common questions asked when people are considering bankruptcy and so i have decided to provide a brief guide to the general process that occurs.

I should make it clear that nearly...