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100 debt firms shut down

xocbc
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From BBC news today:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8191915.stm
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  • fiveyearplan
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    Thanks for that xocbc. It seems in my local paper there are more adverts today for those companies than ever before.

    :j :j


  • tigerfeet2006
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    Cheers for the link Xocbc. Glad they are closing these people down but I have a feeling that more will fill there place very quickly.

    Wonder what will happen to the people who gave money to these sharks? Will they see any of it back?
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  • So_Sad_Angel
    So_Sad_Angel Posts: 7,363 Forumite
    tigerfeet2006 wrote: »
    Cheers for the link Xocbc. Glad they are closing these people down but I have a feeling that more will fill there place very quickly.

    Wonder what will happen to the people who gave money to these sharks? Will they see any of it back?

    Hi Tiger hope you had a great holiday !!

    I think it likely these companies will close one day & open up under another name the next....thats what tends to happen & sadly is perfectly legal in this country.

    There needs to be strict regulation IMO.

    Angiexx
  • tigerfeet2006
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    Yes I did thanks Angel. The week went too fast, it was over as fast as it began. The children were in the pool or the sea every day, even in the rain :rolleyes:. Their swimming has improved in leaps and bounds :D
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  • fiveyearplan
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    How's MIL TF?

    :j :j


  • tigerfeet2006
    tigerfeet2006 Posts: 14,030 Forumite
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    She's doing OK thanks FYP. Went back home Monday night and went into hospital for treatment Tuesday and came back up to us on Wednesday afternnoon. Her hair has fallen out again, which is a shame as it had just grown back to a decent length and was looking good. She was tired so spent a lot of time just sitting and watching, which is difficult for her as she likes to get involved in making sandcastles etc. She has a few more treatments up to Christmas, then they will do another scan to see if any of it has shrunk or if iit is still the same size. It will never go away though and what ever they do is just buying her time to be with her family.
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  • SouthCoast
    SouthCoast Posts: 1,985 Forumite
    One hundred companies offering to write off debts or secure personal injury compensation have been shut down by the Ministry of Justice since April 2007.


    Not even one a week.

    Increase the MoJ weekly targets.
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