• Are you In Personal Debt?
• Do you need help or advice to manage your finances?

The following information is for UK residents in need of debt help or debt advice.

In the UK in recent years, the amount of people who have taken on personal debt and further credit has rocketed! Whilst that fact alone is not the end of the world, the amount of people who are not coping with their personal debts is of a great concern for the government and a lot of other financial bodies.

• Our goal at Lewis Alexander is to help as many people as possible who are in debt, clear debt for good.
• Using all the tools we have at our disposal we do our utmost to help every single person that comes to us.

Each person we help is treated as an individual, with respect and confidentiality, focusing on their own set of personal circumstances and then together we devise a debt management plan tailored to their situation. Nothing is imposed … just good honest advice with recommended courses of action at the end of it for you to take up or leave …it’s entirely up to you.

• Is your life restricted by debt?
• Would you like to clear those financial restrictions?
• Would you prefer to enjoy your life without debt?

A debt management plan can help once we have looked at all your debts against your earnings, we can devise an informal repayment plan to ensure your interest and charges are kept to the absolute minimum and help you by negotiating with your creditors directly.

Don’t pay for advice about debt consolidation loans, consolidating all your debt into one easy, affordable monthly repayment through debt management UK or another loan is effective, even if previously refused loans. However, you should be aware that any loan application is subject to your current financial status.

Individual Voluntary Arrangement or IVA, this is a formal agreement between you and your creditors over a fixed term (usually 60 months) after which you are clear of debt as long as you maintain your agreed monthly repayments. You should not receive any further phone calls or letters from your creditors once you enter into an IVA however restrictions do apply especially if you are a homeowner.

With a Trust Deed in Scotland you will find the law in Scotland is slightly different, but in it’s basic form, the Trust Deed is the same as an IVA. The term of a Trust Deed is shorter (usually 36 months) but apart from that, the agreement is very similar.

• Make the choice today and ensure what you pay towards your debts actually goes towards reducing debt instead of just paying or servicing the interest.

Sometimes we even manage to get the interest and charges frozen with the informal debt management plans we set up for people reducing the time needed to pay off the debt however this can not be guaranteed.

• Are you confused with the amount of information being directed at you all the time regarding your personal debts?

Call us FREE from a UK land line using 0800 018 6868 and we will help you identify your best solution, you may not even need anything formal to give you the route through to clearing your debts, perhaps just a fresh eye is all that would be needed to show you the way forward, and if you do need formal debt help, we will advise you what would be best suited to your needs.

• With so many people in the UK struggling from week to week with their debts, wouldn’t you like to be one of the ones who gets them self out of the debt trap?
• Don’t remain chained to your debts for one day longer than is absolutely necessary, there is an alternative.

Call a Lewis Alexander trained debt advisor today, call free from a land line using 0800 018 6868, all calls are dealt with confidentially.

For most people that live in Scotland, the differences between debt solutions that are available in England compared to those in Scotland can be some what confusing to say the least.  If you have previously taken advice from debt agencies and are still struggling to understand the various options available to clear your debts as a Scottish resident, please read this blog post further as we believe this will help you.

• Trust Deed

Most people are now familiar with the term IVA (Individual Voluntary Arrangement), for those that are not, it is a legal agreement between you and your creditors in England ONLY, and is a form of Insolvency that allows you to pay back an amount of the money you owe within a set or fixed period of time, usually 60 months or 5 years.  The remainder of what you owe that has not been repaid is then written off by your creditors leaving you debt free.

• The Trust Deed, is very simply the Scottish alternative to the IVA in England.  The difference is that in Scotland, the Trust Deed lasts for 36 months, not 60 months like an IVA in England.

Creditors are not duty bound to agree to Trust Deeds as they do need to make sure that they are obtaining a satisfactory percentage of the total debt to be repaid.  This is not always possible when the clients circumstances are investigated as the client sometimes does not have enough disposable income (the money left over after essential bills and living costs) each month to meet the financial repayments, in this case the client can then consider a debt management plan or Bankruptcy.

• YOU SHOULD NOT APPLY FOR ANY FURTHER CREDIT ONCE ACCEPTED ONTO A TRUST DEED!

A Trustee will manage your Protected Trust Deed for you and Trust Deeds can only become protected if certain requirements are met by the individual, if the Trust Deed becomes protected, your creditors cannot take legal action against you and the interest or charges on your personal debt will become frozen.

You will NOT be charged to enter a Trust Deed arrangement, your creditors are responsible for paying your Trustee out of the contributions you make whilst the agreement is in place.

• Bankruptcy in Scotland is sometimes referred to by some as Sequestration

Sequestration involves removing or seizing a persons belongings or assets, to a value of the debt owed with a view to being of financial benefit to the creditor owed the money or in some cases this can be for monies owed to the Scottish state.

Laws in Scotland that appertain to personal debt and finance agreements can vary based on what type of agreement you have signed and with which company or lender.  For an exact definition of different legal agreements, you should without question consider speaking with a Scottish Insolvency Practitioner or solicitor.

The above is a very basic explanation designed to give you a brief outline of the differences between, debt help in Scotland and that to the rest of the UK.  For a more detailed explanation you can contact our personal debt helpline which is open 24 hours a day.

• Unable to manage monthly repayments?
• Are you receiving letters and calls from credit card and loan companies?
• Have you missed payments on any of your credit agreements?

If you answered YES to any of the above, you need personal debt information that will assist you in clearing debts without further loans.  Struggling with debt in the long term is not the way forward and the sooner you find away to end your debt, the better!

There are many different debt solutions which you can explore to find the one that suits you best, what you do need is the correct advice and this is not always available.  The reason for this is due to most debt companies wanting to take you down the route that is most profitable to them, not YOU!

The most usual ways to clear your debt without another loan are listed below;

Debt Management

IVA in England or Trust Deed in Scotland

Going Bankrupt

You may have already considered some of the above if you are struggling with debts and may not have received the correct advice based on your current situation.

At Lewis Alexander, we specialise in helping people every day who are struggling to clear their personal debts, we do this without the individual having to take on further credit or loan agreements.

We will be able to help you! All you need to do is call our personal debt helpline in confidence and have a brief confidential chat with one of our experts.  This way you are not paying for the advice and you can compare our debt help to other companies you my have spoken with, or are about to speak with.

• Call free today, what have got to lose apart from ten minutes of your time?
• You may even find that after our brief chat, your problem is not as bad as you originally thought, which in itself is a massive relief to most people.

• Debt Management Plan
• IVA or Trust Deed in Scotland
• Bankruptcy

Lewis Alexanderis a specialist debt management company, we help people clear debts without loans, we also offer a free from a landline debt helpline to UK residents struggling with personal financial problems.  The advice we give is based on individual personal circumstances and is often not what the person (possibly you) wants to hear.

This is where debt counselling comes in, we have a proven method of helping those that wish to be helped.  Often in life, the truth is the hardest to accept, usually with any personal financial problem, there is an element of truth that needs accepting before the individual can move ahead.  That is the hard part to get over and after what we call the acceptance period, the individual feels so much relief from the stress of the debt problem that they really can continue with a normal daily life just like they experienced before being in debt.

If you are suffering with financial problems such as mortgage arrears, missed or late payments on credit agreements etc, you must deal with the situation as soon as possible, in the time it has taken to read this article so far, you could have dialed our free from a landline debt helpline using 0800 018 6868.

Our advisors will help you to make a fresh start financially and offer you tested and proven methods that you can employ to combat the pressure from debt collection agents or lenders that may be chasing you.  Letters and phone calls are the most worrying to people along with the threats of court action.  There are laws that appertain directly to debt collectors and the procedures of collection that they undertake, more importantly, the Office of Fair Trading sets out debt collection guidance that the collection industry is expected to adhere to, just the same as the debt management guidance set out for debt agencies and not for profit debt charities.

For further advice and help on how to clear debts without loans, contact our personal debt helpline today, lines are open 24 hours a day/ 7 days a week and your call is FREE.