Small business commissioner to target late payments

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 26th July 2015 08:28.

*A small business commissioner will help firms tackle the issue of the billions of pounds in late payments for goods and services, under government......

RBS admits mis-selling £900m in business loans

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 15th January 2015 13:13.

*Royal Bank of Scotland has admitted it mis-sold £900m of loans to 9,000 small business customers following complaints that the scheme was not...
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UK banks to face competition inquiry

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 7th November 2014 11:41.

*A competition inquiry that could result in a major shake-up of banks' current accounts and small business banking has been launched. * The probe...

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HSBC and First Trust found 'bundling' small business loans

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 22nd October 2014 09:18.

*Banks wrongly told some small and medium sized businesses they needed to open current accounts in order to secure a loan* Competition......

CP13/10 - Detailed proposals for the FCA regime for consumer credit APR 2014

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 11th October 2013 19:49.

On 1 April 2014 we will take over the regulation of the consumer credit industry from the Office of Fair Trading. We are now...

As many of you may already know (as I have probably bored the pants of you...) my little hobby of making the odd cup cake and birthday cake took off in a big way this summer. Along with one of my closest friends we have begun to makes cakes on a much larger scale.

So on this thread I...

Nothing about Comet as a company just feel for all the employees who have been chucked out on the dole by what does seem a questionable way of doing business by Optcapita

Nice to see they also owned MFI and are owner of Game.

One went Pop and the other isnt doing so well....

Asset based lenders face legal action over fees

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 11th December 2012 18:27.

*Banks and other small business lenders are facing “a legal time bomb” over alleged abuses of the administration process, experts have warned. *......

Santander U-turn on free business accounts

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 6th September 2012 18:05.

Santander has staged an about-turn and will no longer withdraw its "free banking forever" account from 230,000 small business customers. The......

Santander's free business banking is no longer forever

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 30th July 2012 16:38.

About 230,000 small businesses that bank with Santander have been told that their accounts, supposedly free for ever, will now cost £7.50 a month.......

Wanted to add this here, so I don't forget lol.

Not sure if its a reclaim as such yet, but did find yet another loan agreement (Lloyds) - our old address shown on it, that was then almost 13 years ago, although no date of the loan, but just our names, amounts and bank ticked/crossed for...

CCA is the right starting point for future consumer credit regulation - FLA responds to FSCP

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 17th January 2012 18:48.

The Finance and Leasing Association (FLA), which represents consumer and small business finance providers, has...

A friend had a small business - retail premises.

Due partly to the present economic situation, & also bad advice, it went belly-up & led to bankruptcy (1 year +).

Father originally signed as guarantor, using his house as surety.

About 65k left owing, &...