People who have a debt management plan with Debt Help & Advice Ltd should cease making payments to the company immediately, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned.
Consumers should do the same if they have debt management plans with Primary Business Solutions Ltd and First Step Finance Ltd, who are affiliated to Debt Help & Advice Ltd. All three firms are based in Stockport.
Debt Help & Advice Ltd also uses a number of trading names, so no money should be paid to the following:
- Atria Finance
- Sales Help and Advice
- Debt Help and Advice
- Mortgagehelpandadvice
- Debt Help & Advice
- DH and A
- DH & A
- debthelpandadvice.com
- debthelpandadvice.co.uk
- dhaa.com
- dhaa.co.uk
The FCA is working hard to ensure that consumers are appropriately protected and will give further updates, via its website, Twitter or further press statements, as and when they become available.
In the meantime customers who have questions can contact the FCA’s consumer helpline on 0800 111 6768 (Freephone) or 0300 500 8082 (charged at a local rate for mobile phone users), and press ‘2’.
For more information go to http://www.fca.org.uk/news/important-information-for-debt-management-customers-of-debt-help-advice-ltd