default notice...

I'm afraid not. A defult notice is a legal notification that you have defaulted on the credit agreement you signed with them, and if full payment is not made (usually its 14 days) then the default will be registered with the credit reference agencies (where it stays on your file for 6 years).

If you're entering a DMP this is usually the next step in the process for all of your creditors but it is not an acceptance of your reduced payment against the debt. Following a default notice and failure to pay the full outstanding amount, they can (technically) then take you to court for the amount, however, hopefully they will accept your reduced payment taking into account your ingoings and outgoings, as that is what a court would do anyway to determine affordable repayments.

Hope this helps.

One of my creditors has accepted my DMP and said they will bring no more action, so no default notice. So unfortunately they don't necessarily go hand in hand.

Another creditor has issued me with a default for one of my debts with them but not the other debt. They have not yet said if they accept the DMP or not for either account.

Some have said that the banks will issue a default so that interest can be stopped and/or it can go to debt collection who are more likely to agree payments smaller than minimum.