Thursday, 2 August, 2007 8.2M IN SERIOUS DEBT, 2.1M STRUGGLING WITH REPAYMENTS 8.2m British adults are in serious debt and 2.1m are struggling with repayments. That's according to the latest quarterly research released today by leading debt consultancy, Thomas Charles.
Friday, 31 May, 2007 ALERT: IVA PROVIDERS / BANKS MEETING- RESPONSE FROM JAMES FALLA, THOMAS CHARLES
Banks and Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA) providers met on May 31st to discuss contentious areas surrounding IVAs. Following this, a statement was made by Eric Leenders of the British Bankers' Association on the results of the meeting...
Friday, 11 May, 2007 NEWS ALERT: BASE RATE RISES TO 5.50%; JAMES FALLA COMMENTS
The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee today voted to raise the official Bank Rate paid on commercial bank reserves by 0.25 percentage points to 5.50%...
Thursday, 3 May, 2007 LIKELIHOOD OF INSOLVENCY INCREASES WITH AGE
1 in 4 indebted Britons struggling to meet repayments, According to the latest quarterly research published today by leading debt consultancy, Thomas Charles, problems with debt increase with age...
Thursday, 1 Feb, 2007 1 IN 5 INDEBTED BRITS CONSIDERING INSOLVENCY
1 in 5 Brits are considering insolvency, but the total number struggling with debt is beginning to fall. That’s according to the latest quarterly research published today by leading debt consultancy, Thomas Charles...
Friday, 7 Dec, 2006 1 IN 4 PREDICT HOUSE PRICE CRASH WITHIN 18 MONTHS
The first cracks in Britain’s personal debt laden economy were revealed today as debt solutions consultancy, Thomas Charles (www.thomascharles.com) announced a widespread lack of faith in the stability of the UK housing market. According to research published today, almost 1 in 4 (24%), or 11 million UK adults, expect property prices to crash within 18 months...
Thursday, 2 Nov, 2006
INSOLVENCIES ON RISE; 1 IN 3 WOMEN STRUGGLING WITH DEBT
REPAYMENTS
According to research conducted in October of this
year with 2,322 respondents, the number of adults in the
UK in over £10k of unsecured debt has increased by 0.4
million in 6 months, rising 1% from 8 million (19%) in
April 2006 to 8.4 million (20%) in October 2006. This
means 1 in 5 people now have unsecured debts of over
£10k.
Women in over £10k of debt were found to be the group
experiencing the most financial difficulty, with 1 in 3
(33%) now reporting regular problems repaying their
debts; an increase of 7% from just over 1 in 5 (26%) in
April 2006...
Monday, 22 May 2006 THOMAS CHARLES RESEARCH REVEALS EXTENT OF DEBT REPAYMENT PROBLEMS AND HIGH LIKELIEHOOD OF PERSONAL INSOLVENCY IN GB
Thomas Charles (www.thomascharles.com), the leading
debt solutions consultancy, today released the results
of research which revealed the growing problems with
unsecured debt in Great Britain. The research, conducted
by YouGov in April, established that 19% of the adult
population, around 8 million, has unsecured debts of
£10,000 and over...
Tuesday, 2 May 2006 IN-DEPTH DEBT RESEARCH BY THOMAS CHARLES REVEALS TRUE EXTENT OF UK DEBT
Thomas Charles, the leading debt solutions consultancy, has commissioned a major piece of research into the extent and nature of debt in Great Britain.
8 million adults have unsecured debts of £10,000 and over; 3.8 million £20,000 and over...
Wednesday, 15 February 2006 LATEST RESEARCH CONFIRMS SCALE OF STUDENT DEBT HAS GROWN IN LAST TWO YEARS
The survey shows that 38% of ex-students who left university in the last 2/3 years had a total debt legacy of between £5000 and £20,000 plus. Amongst current students, the figure in debt to this amount is significantly higher, at 45%. Furthermore, when asked the question ‘How much do you expect your total debt to be when you leave university?’ a worrying 62% of current students put their final debt in this range. 14% of ex-students left recently with debts of £10,000 to £15,000. Double that number of current students, 28%, expect to leave with debts of the same amount.
Monday, 23 January, 2006 BLEAK OUTLOOK FOR CONSUMERS IN DEBT – BUT HELP IS AT HAND!
Internet largely instrumental in dramatic growth of IVAs.
The full extent of serious consumer debt is becoming
increasingly reported and it seems as though everybody
is getting on the bandwagon to help.
Thursday, 22 December, 2005
THOMAS CHARLES WRITING BOOK ON CONSUMER DEBT
Leading debt solutions consultancy will offer practical and accessible help to the hundreds of thousands who have serious debt problems
