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Begbies Traynor search on credit file?

sieve · 2009-04-15 21:21:48

Evening all, I got a strange alert tonight from Equifax. My bankruptcy order appeared on my file today under court information, which is understandable as I went BR last week. However, today, a company called Begbies Traynor did a search of my file, and under "type" it is listed as "debt collection". Does anyone have any…

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JCS1 Posts: 5,349 Forumite

16 April 2009 at 6:47PM

Begbie's are also a IP company, they were probably checking your credit file to see if one of their regular clients are majority creditor - they would then get automatic appointment if you have sufficient assets to warrant appointment of an IP.

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