Money Advice Scotland

Welcome to Issue #805

Conference 2008

Bookings are open for our 2008 Money Advice Conference on Thursday 22nd & Friday 23rd May at Crieff Hydro Hotel, Perthshire.

Health, Wealth & Happiness should appeal to a wide audience including money advisers, welfare rights officers, leaders and managers from the credit, banking and debt collection industries, Insolvency Practitioners, mental health professionals including community Psychiatric Nurses and others involved in the care of individuals with health problems.

For further information and to book delegate and exhibitor packages, visit our Conference website: http://www.moneyadvicescotland.org.uk/conference

Events

If you have an event you would like publicised, send us an email at webmaster@moneyadvicescotland.org.uk.

Training

Bankruptcy Reforms Workshops (Changes to Legislation)
MATRICS will be going on the road to run a number of workshops in the month of March starting off in Dundee then Glasgow, Edinburgh and finishing off in Inverness. These workshops are designed to bring money advisers up to speed with the changes to be made to personal bankruptcy legislation under the Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Act 2007 which is due to take effect on 1st April 2008.

To apply for any of these workshops, please download the pdf application form and fax back to Money Advice Scotland before Friday 29th February.

Application (PDF)
www.moneyadvicescotland.org.uk/documents/bankruptcy08app.pdf

DAS Approved Advisers Focus Day (Thursday 27 March 2008)
Please note that this if for Approved Advisers only and this day will provide an opportunity for Approved Advisers to come together to highlight and discuss concerns regarding the DAS Scheme, discuss issues relating to the operation of DPP's, to share good practice and experiences, to determine ways to improve the operation of the scheme and debt clients access to it and to exchange views of the future developments of the scheme.

To apply for this seminar, please download the pdf application form and fax back to Money Advice Scotland before Friday 7th March.

Application (PDF)
www.moneyadvicescotland.org.uk/documents/dasfocusmar08app.pdf

Wiseradviser (Scotland) Training
We are now accepting bookings for the Generalist, Skilled and Specialist level training courses. For more information regarding the wiseradviser training please call 0141 572 0237, or email info@moneyadvicescotland.org.uk.

Wiseradviser (Scotland) is grateful to The Royal Bank of Scotland and The Scottish Government for their generous support.

Noticeboard

We're looking for things to put on our noticeboard. If you have anything you would like to see featured here, just send us an email at webmaster@moneyadvicescotland.org.uk.

Vacancies

There are no vacancies at present. If you would like to advertise a vacancy in your organisation, please get in touch: webmaster@moneyadvicesccotland.org.uk

In the News

Rock mortgage book 'being shrunk'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7252748.stm
Source: BBC News

Equal pay law is 'out of date'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/file_on_4/7253052.stm
Source: BBC News

House price 'threat' to economy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7253527.stm
Source: BBC News

Sale and rent back rip-off claim
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/moneybox/7248439.stm
Source: BBC News

Mortgage lending lift in January
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7254429.stm
Source: BBC News

Personal data privacy 'at risk'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7256440.stm
Source: BBC News

Price cuts lift UK retail sales
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7256267.stm
Source: BBC News

January sales fever seen online
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7257092.stm
Source: BBC News

Death knell for 125% mortgages?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7254426.stm
Source: BBC News

Finance guidance for new mothers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7251970.stm
Source: BBC News

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