On 25 May, the Insolvency Service published a consultation paper on options for reform of the UK’s corporate insolvency regime. Their impetus is for the UK to remain at the forefront of insolvency best practice to ensure businesses, investors and creditors remain confident that best outcomes can be achieved when faced with financial…
Religious orders have long been struggling with dwindling numbers of people who want to become nuns and priests. But even those interested in spending their lives in service to God are facing a dilemma: it is challenging to enroll in a religious order if they have student debt. Alida Taylor hopes to become a nun…
Travel company crashes leaving holidayers in the lurch HUNDREDS of thousands of British travellers face losing their holidays and their money after the Lowcostholidays group went bust last night. The online travel company had 27,000 passengers currently in resorts across the globe and more than 110,000 customers with forward bookings for the peak summer months…
There’s numerous ways that The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air has managed to continue to make a lasting impression with audiences over time. Not only was the show supremely hilarious, but it also had a lot of heart with more than enough Fresh Prince Of Bel Air episodes to make you cry. But that doesn’t…
Religious orders have long been struggling with dwindling numbers of people who want to become nuns and priests. But even those interested in spending their lives in service to God are facing a dilemma: it is challenging to enroll in a religious order if they have student debt. Alida Taylor hopes to become a nun…
Comments (0) A CHARITY covering Uttoxeter has called for a review on the ‘tactics’ used by a local authority when it comes to collecting council tax debts. Citizens Advice East Staffordshire wants to see collection practices change, claiming the latest research shows that some of the tactics commonly used can leave individuals and councils worse off.…
Tyre king Bob Jane has declared bankruptcy after Harold Mitchell, his mate of four decades and one of Australia’s most prominent businessmen, pursued him over a $200,000 debt. The former race car champion owes millions of dollars and says his fortune has been whittled down to $15 cash and a Holden Commodore. Bob Jane has declared himself bankrupt, owing…
A firmer grip on globalisation could close the wealth gap Across the world, populists are attracting votes with their promises to protect ordinary people from the harsh realities of globalisation. The democratic establishment, they assert, cannot be trusted to fulfil this purpose, as it is too busy protecting the wealthy a habit that globalisation has…
Plymouth had one of the highest personal insolvency rates in the country last year, with hundreds of people seeing their finances deteriorate to breaking point. Women were more likely than men to see their finances deteriorate so badly that they became insolvent last year, official figures show. Plymouth had the eighth worst rate in the…
We expect that quite a few of our lawyers will use the plan, said Siobhan A. Handley, Orricks chief talent officer, who worked with Social Finance Inc. to devise the firms tuition benefit, which will be offered to the about 40 lawyers hired each year. Its pretty rare that someone comes here with no debt.…