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Web Version Tweet Forward In this edition: • Learn from the UK Department for Business, Innovation & Skills and The Telegraph at SocialB conference • CPD hours Learn from the UK Department for Business, Innovation & Skills and The Telegraph at SocialB conference SocialB are very pleased to announce that the UK Department for Business, Innovation & Skills and The Telegraph will be speaking at at SocialB conference taking place in June. This successful conference is in its second year however although the title of the conference 'Twitter in the Farmyard' suggests it is agriculture and rural focused the speakers and key learnings you can take away from the day can benefit every industry and business size. 3rd June 2014 - Warwickshire The headline speaker will be: Betony Kelly, Head of Digital Outreach at the Department for Business Innovation & Skills Betony will share her insight in to digital communications and priorities for digital strategy from a Government perspective as well as case studies of online communities & knowing what to prioritise in the modern day digital age’. PLUS! We can also confirm 3 experts for the panel discussion on 'How to promote yourself & your business campaigns through social media' The panel will give their personal experiences and knowledge on how they have usd social media to promote and use within their businesses as well as answering questions from attending delegates.  Confirmed panel speakers:  Rachel Jones - Social media content Editor for The Telegraph, having formerly worked at Farmers Weekly Andrew Ward - Arable farmer & founder of the #forageaidcampaign which has seen national success over the past 18 months  Judy Pearson - A rural chartered surveyor & agricultural valuer who provides professional updates through blogging  PLUS! We will have breakout sessions hosted by social media experts where you can choose to learn and ask questions about:- Social media strategy Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Blogging PLUS! If you are business who has dipped their toe in to marketing your business online but want to learn more, online marketing and social media expert Lynsey will be sharing her hints and tips with her talk The importance of being online – an overview of how businesses can use online resources to be successful To view the full programme for the day - click here. If you haven't already - BOOK NOW to avoid missing out on the earlybird discount, available until May 14thof £120 plus VAT. CPD hours This conference counts towards five hours of CPD which means you not only benefit from a great day of learning from industry experts but also ensuring your CPD hours are worked towards for the year.

Credit Industry News from CCR

This Week's News - 14 March 2014 Review into debt collection practices of payday lenders starts on day one of FCA regulation  Payday lenders and other high cost short term lenders will be the subject of an in-depth thematic review into the way they collect debts and manage borrowers in arrears and forbearance, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced today. The review will be one of the very first actions the FCA takes as regulator of consumer credit, which begins on 1 April 2014, and reinforces its commitment to protecting consumers – one of its statutory objectives. It is just one part of FCA’s comprehensive... Read more here... ♦ OFT update on SME banking market study The OFT has today published an update on the market study into banking services for SMEs, including an announcement that the Competition and Markets Authority will complete the study as part of a wider... ♦ Business invited to help reform enforcement of regulation Business Focus on Enforcement will allow industry groups such as trade associations to challenge problems like duplicated paperwork, inconsistent advice or unhelpful guidance and present the case for change ... ♦ Only A 'Handful" Signed Up For Universal Credit (CCR-PS pg7;APP) The future of the government's major £2bn welfare refrm was thrown into doubt last month, after it emerged thaht just a handful of claimants had been enrolled onto the new scheme... ♦ UK small businesses continue to show a sustained recovery The latest Small Business Index shows an increasing number of businesses want to create jobs in the next three months. This marks the third consecutive quarter of job creation in small firms and provides... ♦ Amendments Needed On EU Data Protection Plans (CCRW pg7;APP) EU plans for a consumer 'right to be forgotten' could have devastating consequences on creditors, credit reference agencies, and collectors, with knock-on troubles for consumers... ♦ UK GDP to exceed pre-recession peak earlier than expected in 2014 Has today upgraded its growth forecasts for the next two years – from 2.7% to 2.8% in 2014 and from 2.4% to 2.5% in 2015. For 2016 (included in our forecast for the first time) we are expecting growth of 2.5%... ♦ Steep rise in debt problems due to council tax arrears There has been a huge increase in the numbers of people with council tax arrears seeking, according to new figures released today. Last year the charity helped 45,561 people in arrears on council tax, up... ♦ Fraud: Not A Huge Problem (CCR-PS pg8; APP) ♦ Immigration: Businesses will benefit from help to recruit internationally ♦ Vote to improve governance of European accounting standard setters ♦ Precedent setting victory against HMRC in the Supreme Court ♦ Advisor Calls To Dismiss Interchange Fee Appeal (CCR World pg7; APP) ♦ Number of loans to first-time buyers up 38% in January compared to 2013 ♦ UK consumers’ spending per credit card hits 10-year high, while delinquencies continue to fall ♦ Call For 'Yellow Card' Before Sanctions (CCR-PS pg7; FREE APP) ♦ CFA comments on FCA review into debt collection practices of payday lenders ♦ Third of people with debt worries are concerned about their mental health ♦ New Pilot To Help Benefit Claimants (CCR-PS p78; FREE APP) ♦ Unsecured lending outstanding balances at highest level for years ♦ CSA announces new Board portfolios ♦ ICM and BIS monthly cashflow ‘tip’ to small businesses ♦ Nearly three-quarters of personal IPs have seen individuals unable to go bankrupt ♦ An arrest in FCA boiler room investigation ♦ Now is the time to reform stamp duty, say accountants ahead of Budget ♦ Bank of Scotland PMI: jobs growth fastest in PMI survey history ♦ Return to economic growth reflected in increase in amount of charitable giving ♦ Floods have taught us a valuable business lesson – The importance of crisis planning! ♦ Budget business focus as essential as household concessions to secure recovery ♦ BCC: Minimum wage increase is a reasonable compromise ♦ Small businesses need better consumer protection, says FSB ♦ Forum responds to the Low Pay Commission Announcement on the National Minimum Wage ♦ Troika report praised by Parliament Committee Chair This Week's Appointments And Updates ♦ Marston announces Business in the Community membership ♦ GoCardless to use Callcredits ‘CallValidate’ for anti-money laundering checks ♦ Think Finance chooses Equifax to gain greater insight into short-term borrower behaviour ♦ Avention reinvents business information market with launch of new application ♦ Sebastien Meric takes new position of IT director at Tinubu Square ♦ Wedding shop falls victim to online competition ♦ Linda Docherty appointed new chair for CML Scotland ♦ Payments Council confirms new mobile payments service to be called Paym ♦ LSL launches new packager: The Mortgage Processing Centre ♦ Ex-Accenture consulting MD joins Vizolution as non-executive chairman ♦ Industry-first EV finance package launched to vehicle brokers ♦ 'Follow Glasgow’s lead' on introducing school students to credit unions ♦ Quintessential’s Pingtree launches new personal loans platform ♦ Stonebridge added to Magellan Homeloans distribution panel ♦ New president for ABCUL ♦ £2 billion in two months: Pepper UK boards two more books ♦ KPMG and BWise announce joint solution for leasing companies ♦ ALMIS gives risk management capability to Paragon and SCOBAN in their quest for a banking licence ♦ Nucleus launches 100% finance product giving small businesses 100% cash in advance for a fixed fee ♦ MarketInvoice response to OFT update on SME banking review ♦ Kent manufacturer expects to double growth in 2014 with bank support ♦ United Trust Bank extends finance options to include engineering machinery

LACEF Annual Public Sector Conference 13 May, Leicester This outstanding event for collections and revenues management teams in the public sector will feature networking opportunities and presentations from the most respected public sector figures. Free to LACEF members and qualifying revenues, finance, enforcement & collections professionals working in the public sector. Find out more here To find out how you can be a part of this event, contactGary Lucas. To book your place, please contact Alison Lucas.     CCR Apps CCR has launched Apps for its three magazines. So, to read the magazines on your iPad oriPhone, either go to this linkto see the official iTunes Preview for CCR.   Credit Collections & Risk Find Out More Here   CCR-PublicSector Find Out More Here   CCR World - Winter Find Out More Here

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Credit Industry Event - Fraud Conference 2014 in London!

Fraud Conference 2014 - key speakers line up for London - 8th and 9th April 2014   Conference Sponsors This year's conference will hear from a range of leading international speakers across banking, cards and payments. The 'cyber crime' conference theme will inspire presenters to look at the challenges of multi payment channels, ever diverse payment products, services and devices and the big data challenge; searching for fraud in the ever growing database of transactions and customer data. Watch the Fraud Conference web site for an up to the minute agenda and confirmed speaker list as well as details of the speaker's profiles -www.fraudconference.co.uk. Mention seeing this promotion and quote ref: CCR for a £100 discount plus booking 2 or more people from the same business will save a further 10% on the total. The confirmed speaker list includes the following people and organisations: HSBC - Senior Fraud Manager Alastair Sheen. Peter Bayley - Head of Fraud at VISA Europe. Mark Cobbett of The UK Cards Association. Marc Sullivan of Interac on the Canadian experience in managing fraud. Electronics security expert Andrew Churchill. Jackie Barwell of Retail Decisions. Mark Pack of Blue Rubicon on social media and financial services. Riten Gohil - CEO of Sphonic - new data sources. Brian Kinch, Senior Manager of FICO. Chris Jarman, CEO of Secure Electrans on POS innovations. Tom Robins - COO of BIPB on data analytics. Ron Atzmon - CEO AU10TIX - on identity verification. Dan Solomon - Cyber Director at Optimal Risk on protecting against cyber crime. Alice Tickle of Eversheds with a legal update. Jim Marsh - Senior Manager at WIPRO technology. Kieran Hines – Senior Analyst at Datamonitor. Andre Arink, Fraud Manager at Equens SE.       Conference sponsors include CA Technologies, Ethoca, BIPB, Vendorcom and Bandwidth…

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