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How to prioritise and reduce your debts, and where to get free debt advice
Find out what help you can get to help you manage your debts.
During Debt Awareness Week, we talk to Neil Sutton, a senior leader within the bankruptcy and Debt Relief Order teams at the Insolvency Service, about some of the options that can help people on their journey out of debt.
Guidance on debt relief orders for debt advisers. To search, press ‘control’ and ‘f’ on your keyboard at the same time. A search box will appear.
A company that enters formal insolvency will in many cases have outstanding debts.
What you need to know if you are a creditor with a debt listed in a Debt Relief Order (DRO).
Alternatives to bankruptcy and the different types of agreements you can make with your creditors.
Information for people who have a Debt Relief Order about what happens after.
Check if you can claim relief from VAT if you supply goods or services to a customer, but you are not paid.
A Debt Relief Order (DRO) is a solution to deal with personal debts you cannot pay. It helps you make a fresh start (with some restrictions).
What happens if your company cannot pay its debts and is given a court judgment, statutory demand or winding-up order by your creditors
When debt payments can be taken from your wages, changing how much you pay, paying it off early, and reporting a change to your circumstances
What to do if you receive a county court judgment (CCJ) - how to get it set aside or change what you pay, what happens if you do not pay, how to search the register. Includes information from the withdrawn...
Guidance for creditors of a debt that has been placed in a ‘breathing space’.
What you can consider doing if your company is in financial difficulty.
Guidance for creditors applying to take a debt recovery step, cancel or amend the ‘breathing space’, or have a debt removed.
Check if you can claim for bad debt relief if a customer is insolvent and can no longer pay what they owe for taxable aggregate.
The role of the Government Debt Management Function (GDMF), the Government Debt Strategy, the Debt Functional Standard, and the the Debt Centre of Excellence
Late commercial payments - interest and debt recovery costs you can charge businesses for late payments
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