Debt consolidation Help and Advice for a Fresh Start

• UK debt consolidation advice could be all you need for a fresh start

Debt consolidation help is available everywhere it seems. Getting the right debt consolidation advice is very important if you want the best chance of getting out of debt quickly.

Get advice to help clear your personal debts in the UK

Debt help is not purely about just being told what you need, sign a piece of paper to tie you into yet another contract and then reap the rewards of poor debt management plans. To really get to the bottom of an individuals personal debt situation takes care, attention and tact because people often feel embarrassed and vulnerable when it comes to talking about debt on our debt helpline.

Our debt advice UK advisors won't just try to convince you to enter an IVA or Debt Management Plan unless it is the correct and best debt consolidation advice for you, they will want a proper discussion to carefully work out what would be the most beneficial debt management solution for you as an individual.

Do you need just ONE, affordable monthly repayment to pay all your unsecured debts!

This can be a possibility subject to your status through effective debt management and building a personal debt help plan that will address your specific situation.Once that has been established we can recommend what personal debt consolidation solutions we think would suit you best meaning you will be better placed to make an informed choice about your financial future. Our recommendations may include any of the following.

• Debt Management UK

• Debt Consolidation

• IVA or Individual Voluntary Arrangement

• Protected Trust Deed in Scotland

• Personal Loans

There are other ideas we may have that could involve less formal propositions than those listed above but these tend to only be applicable when the debt problem is not that severe. The larger the debt problem, the more formal the personal debt solution tends to be.

You will have an idea of how serious things have become by how much stress you feel under to pay bills each month. Obviously, if things are so bad that you are not paying your mortgage arrears each month, you could be about to lose your home so something has to be done quickly.  Other lesser bills can be dealt with equally efficiently and this can help to keep creditors away from your door and off the phone.

Some of the more formal options, such as the IVA or Individual Voluntary Arrangement, actually guarantee the end of creditors writing, calling or visiting you to try and get cash from you. They usually respect the process of an IVA and once agreed they should not harass you for interest or charges.

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You may be struggling to get credit because of a rocky patch in your past. Find out what can be done to repair your credit rating by examining your credit reference files and ensuring everything is correct.  Find information about how to repair your credit rating
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Call free from a land line using 0800 018 6868 and make a fresh start today!

Personal debt advice and help

• Get debt advice that will actually make a difference!

It does not matter what time of day you decide to get debt help, our lines are open to take your call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  So if you have woken again during the night and have decided it is time to change your financial future, we are happy to take your call.

• Call us right now! Day or night you can call FREE from a BT land line using 0800 018 3345.
• We offer personal UK debt advice and help that you can rely on!

With such a variety of information, disinformation, advice and what is sometimes pure myth, it can be difficult to try and figure out what is actually good reliable personal debt help these days.

We have a work ethic that we are rightly proud of. We offer totally confidential advice on debt to people struggling through a very difficult and sometimes awkward part of their life. We do not take advantage of our clients when they are at their most vulnerable. We guide them and advise them how to clear debts the simplest and most economical way we can recommend. From students to pensioners we can and do help most people with debt management UK.

Personal debt affects different people in different ways because everyone has different circumstances and different lifestyles. We aim to find a solution for you which is tailored to suit your own set of circumstances and will hopefully align itself to your own lifestyle.

Firstly, remember that debt consolidation advice should not be costing you a single penny. If you have been offered advice at a cost, then perhaps you should walk away. We could be able to help you pay off all of your debts and you could obtain one affordable monthly repayment. We can also try to halt any interest charges that you may currently be being charged by store and credit cards through a debt management plan but this can not be guaranteed.

Individual Voluntary Arrangement or IVA
IVA or Individual Voluntary Arrangements have a fixed repayment period of no more than 60 months ending on a specific end date which you are aware of from the beginning. After this date, all your debts are usually cleared. In England and Wales, creditors have to freeze all further interest and charges by law (In Scotland an IVA is better known as a Trust Deed. Once you have made your final repayment, all outstanding debts are usually legally written off by your creditors.  Creditors are held to the agreed repayment amounts throughout an IVA and should not alter them.

Do you know that you have failed an IVA and wish to gain further help or advice.
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Do you want more information about the alternatives to bankruptcy in England

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To find out if we can help you start to clear your debts, call 0800 018 3345 now!

Credit Cards & Debt Help - IVA or Debt Management?

Credit cards are the biggest problem in most peoples financial arrears. Most of us try and keep up with the plastic before paying anything else, such as rent and mortgages! Yes, people are actually paying for their mortgages and their rent using their credit facilities. When we try and explain to vulnerable consumers that they must prioritise their debts by paying the most important first, they seem shocked as though the credit card companies will be upset.

An upset credit card company is much better than an eviction order from your landlord or your mortgage lender advising you that they are to repossess your home or ask you to vacate your rented dwellings.

We can't stress enough the importance of making the repayments on loans or other debts secured against your home.

Credit card companies only want you to pay the minimum on your credit card repayments, if you pay more than the minimum required you will be clear your debt and then you won't owe them any money, this is not good for your credit card company, however, it is the right direction for you!

The interest on credit cards is designed to increase not reduce, these companies are waiting for you to suffer a change in personal circumstances such as a death in the family, loss of job or less hours at work, split from partner or divorce. These changes in circumstance are not all ways negative unpleasant ones. A new baby or a wedding can easily set us back for years. The credit industry has a much clearer crystal ball than the vulnerable consumer. They can see your changes before you know you are due them. it is just the way credit companies work but please do not let them work you out of YOUR home!

For further information on how to clear credit card debt and other personal debt help, please call free using 0800 018 6868 or contact us online....

IVA take up rate 12% of Debt Consolidation enquiries!

The take up rate for the personal IVA at Lewis Alexander is 12%.

The company specialises in the Personal Debt Management sector and has done so successfully since February 2003. The information released is based upon enquiries that are generated from the initial enquiry to a live conversion into a Lewis Alexander client. The IVA work is outsourced to preselected Insolvency Practitioners.

The remaining 88% splits down into 63% opting for a Lewis Alexander Debt Management Plan and the final remainder choose options such as bankruptcy and loan options where available.

The figure is surprising as the general market place of personal debt advice and help services seems to be direct selling the IVA! Lewis Alexander are proud to offer the client a full explanation where necessary so as to enable the consumer to make an informed decision. This could be adopted as best practice amongst all companies and implemented on a compliance basis by a regulator.

The industry could then adopt an accepted standard conversion rate for a compliant fee charging advisory service.

The main problem Lewis Alexander has encountered with the funding and floatation's of IVA PLC companies, dating back to 2004, is that the individual choosing to enter into an IVA over a Debt Management Plan or Voluntary Petition for Bankruptcy is no different in there make up, they are still only human! The point being is that the individual is open to exactly the same changes in circumstances over the next 5 years that has created the need for action in the first place. The Debt Management Plan may not be as rewarding in fees as an IVA to the operating company but is sometimes a preferred approach for advice when the advisor has the experience the client does not!

Yes, companies are in business to make money but at this end of the financial sector there should be an element of caution as the detriment to the consumer can be catastrophic if the consumers IVA fails due to their lack of continuity of payment etc,,

The Debt Management Plan is not a legally binding agreement and is informal between client and creditor. Therefore, the "City of London" or financial institutions raising funds for floatation's have avoided Debt Management Companies in the main. This is why some of the IVA companies or IVA factories have scurried around making acquisitions that seem still to be proven on a profitability basis. These companies surely could not have floated as Debt Management operations but did create great projections and share rushes, then proceeded to buy Debt Management companies in a bid to keep their bottom line positive and reduce the cost per client acquisitions.

Lewis Alexander has previously rejected take over bids from a certain IVA company due to this mind set as described above. The take over would have affected the success enjoyed by both client and employee when clearing debts, coupled with the excellent balance of impeccable client retention rates with outstanding abilities to generate new enquiries that convert into acquisitions.

The cost to an IVA company to generate an acquisition had reached £1000 over the last 2 years and in some cases more. These companies business models are costly and when compared to the Lewis Alexander CPA of an IVA at £150, it seems outrageous. Is the sector finished as a direct sell arena and where will the money makers move next?

We can confirm that the only PLC involvement at Lewis Alexander is Profitability, Liquidity & Capital.

IVA Companies Failing to Maximise! warns Uk Debt Management Specialist

IVA companies are finding it increasingly difficult to convince consumers to enter into an IVA.

Some companies push the IVA over other options available such as Debt Management or Bankruptcy. The consumer does not get a fair explanation and then the end result can be quite a shock for the person who has entered into the IVA.

Ability to borrow can be delayed for many years after the IVA has ended and certain restrictions can be very tiresome.

Debt management plans have been given a hard time with bad press over the years but it is quite amazing how many people prefer to take them and when operated by a good company those clients also complete the plans!

Lewis Alexander advise many people every day, help is available 24 hours, call free 0800 018 6868

FISA registration APPROVED for Lewis Alexander Limited

FISA (Financial Industry Standards Association) have approved the Lewis Alexander Limited application for registered membership.

The membership is based on a one year probationary period as set out by FISA.

The Lewis Alexander team are elated by the news of successful membership and look forward to the compliant benefit of such accreditation. Lewis Alexander do hope that the news will entice other finance companies of all sizes to aspire to such industry standards to remain compliant and consumer friendly.

24Hr IVA & Debt Management helpline is LIVE!

Lewis Alexander are proud to anounce that since 1st January 2008 they have conducted a 24 hour advice solution for Uk consumers troubled by personal debt problems.

The main difference between this helpline and the other free charitable ones available is simple, the advors are funded by Lewis Alexander Limited therefore the advice is impartial of the credit companies most consumers owe.

The free charites are in the main funded by well known creditors.

Lewis Alexander operate this only with the absolute dedication of a committed team and are certain that after the initial trial period the helpline should remain open until further notice.

Call free using 0800 018 6868, your call will be dealt with in total confidence!

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30,000 Brits head for Bankruptcy by End of March 08

The BBC reports that 30,000 plus UK residents are facing Bankruptcy in the first 3 months of this year. Lewis Alexander believe that the figures are lower than the reality will be!

Debt help and advice needs taking early to stop debt collectors in their tracks.

US Economy close to Recession

The U.S. economy is ``very close'' to recession, ``if not there already,'' was said in an interview on Bloomberg Television by Bill Gross, manager of the world's largest bond fund acting as Pacific Investment Management Co.'s chief investment officer.

CAB reports increase again in Personal Debt Helpline requests

People seeking financial advice from Ipswich Citizens Advice Bureau. has increased drastically compared with the same period of the previous year.

4,200 plus people sought debt help from the bureau in six months Debts of between £10,000 and £30,000 are most common. Some cases are between £50,000 and £60,000 without incorporating mortgages. Secured Loans are also becoming a problem for a lot of home owners.

In Debt on DLA? Debt and Disability Living Allowance Uk

Financial difficulties and debt are often neglected when a family has to start dealing with the onset of disability.

The disability can cause a major drop in income as well as a major increase in expenses.

Get the debt help you may need if disabled and in debt

Call the Lewis Alexander debt helpline today!

Rush to get Personal Debt advice in 2008 Started!

Lewis Alexander Debt Services have reported via their Uk Telephony exchange, that calls to their Debt Helpline during the first 48 hours of trading in January 2008 are triple the same period last year in Jan 2007.

Insolvency Advice Uk

http://www.insolvencyadviceuk.co.uk/ Launched by Lewis Alexander Ltd IVA & debt help

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Debt Help uk

It is the time of year when we all wish we had not spent that little extra, or that mass amount more than we should have in 2007. Overdrafts are at the limit, credit cards and store cards are maxed up to the hilt. Loan repayments are due and no one has any money that they owe you!

Free debt helpine even if you are getting refused credit, you can still clear debt without a loan!

Is It time to get some financial advice and sort those debts in 2008?

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