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Provident Financial
July 2021
Nils Pratley on finance
More clarity in return to work guidance would help firms avoid liability
Nils Pratley
Voluntary rules do not make it easy for companies to stay on the right side of health and safety law
May 2021
Provident Financial to close doorstep lending business after 141 years
Decision on back of ‘changing industry and regulatory dynamics’ puts 2,100 jobs at risk
March 2021
Nils Pratley on finance
Provident Financial's loan problem has landed in the FCA's lap
Nils Pratley
Doorstep lender warns customers surge in mis-selling claims will break firm
February 2020
Complaints over new high-cost loans more than triple
UK ombudsman taking tougher stance with lenders amid huge rise in cases involving successors to payday loans
June 2019
Nils Pratley on finance
Sir Philip Green locks horns with landlords and comes off worst
Nils Pratley
Arcadia boss’s talent for bullying deserts him and he now has a week to find a better offer
March 2019
Nils Pratley on finance
Provident Financial needs to gets its skates on if it's to save itself
Nils Pratley
An unwelcome bid from its former boss’s upstart rival could be short, sharp and painful
February 2019
Doorstep lender Provident Financial receives £1.3bn takeover bid
Move by smaller rival Non-Standard Finance has backing of key shareholder
February 2018
Nils Pratley on finance
Comcast's cute timing has tangled Rupert Murdoch's Sky plans
Nils Pratley
The wily media mogul finds himself in a battle to secure a Hollywood ending to his reign
January 2018
Nils Pratley on finance
Pensions Regulator has questions to answer on Carillion
Nils Pratley
Provident Financial expects £120m loss at doorstep lending arm
December 2017
Nils Pratley on finance
Questions remain over the FCA inquiry into RBS
Nils Pratley
FCA investigates Provident Financial's car finance firm Moneybarn
November 2017
Provident Financial executive chairman Manjit Wolstenholme dies
Bradford-based doorstep lender appointed Wolstenholme to the role in August, with the aim of turning it around
October 2017
Provident Financial to hire debt collectors to revive doorstep lending
Observer business agenda
Philip Hammond faces hot seat as bad news piles up
Sean Farrell
September 2017
Former Provident Financial chief forfeits £4m after profit warning
Doorstep lender Morses swipes customers from troubled rival Provident
August 2017
Provident appoints new consumer credit boss in bid to stabilise business
Provident Financial in race to fix technical problems and retain staff
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