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Local Authority Briefing Summer 2017 This edition focuses on the Local Authority Forum which was held at the end of May 2017. Click here to download a digital pdf We were delighted to be joined by Neale Tosh and Adam … Continue reading →

Welcome to the latest edition of our briefing for Scottish Local Authorities. Click here to download a digital pdf This edition focuses on the Local Authority Forum held in November 2016. We were delighted that Jim McCafferty, Immediate Past President … Continue reading →

Welcome to the latest edition of our briefing for Scottish Local Authorities. Click here to download a copy Focusing on the Local Authority Forum held in June 2016, we were delighted that Yvonne MacDermid, Money Advice Scotland, Gary Weir, Glasgow … Continue reading →

A new Financial Health Service offering a one-stop-shop for money advice services was launched by Business Minister Fergus Ewing on December 3rd. Scotland’s Financial Health Service website provides links to a range of organisations offering information and advice on debt, … Continue reading →

What’s been the impact of Welfare Reform in Scotland and what effects have we still to see? How can Local Authorities use improved management information, customer profiling data and collection performance intelligence to improve recoveries? What are the current trends in commercial insolvencies, … Continue reading →

What can we expect from the new Bankruptcy Bill, how will the common financial assessment tool work in practice and what strategies are being employed across Scotland to encourage citizens and businesses to pay what they owe in terms of Council Tax … Continue reading →

The Scottish Government recently announced Council Tax collection rates have improved steadily from 87.2% in 1998-99 to 91.4% in 2002-03 and now 95.1% in 2012-13. In 2012-13, the total amount of Council Tax billed (excluding Council Tax Benefit) in Scotland was just … Continue reading →

Glasgow’s Helping Heroes is a new partnership to help those who are serving in the Armed Forces through the maze of advice and assistance that is available to them. The service is also available to members of the Armed Forces … Continue reading →

According to Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister “these reforms are coming against the back drop of some of the biggest cuts that we have seen to the welfare system in a generation. “(On 7th January) we saw child benefits start … Continue reading →

Agents acting on behalf of mortgage companies are often keen to establish the current residential status of a property where arrears are accumulating. Principally, the enquiry is to establish if the house or premises is still occupied and by who. … Continue reading →