Striking numbers

• There are now over 700,000 debt management programmes
• Debt management programme have increased by 21% in the last 7 months
• Average unsecured credit debt per household is £21640
• Every 10 minutes a house is repossessed
• 1 person every 4.5 minutes is declared insolvent or bankrupt
• 1 person in every 33 is estimated to become unemployed in 2009
• CAB is now dealing with over 7400 new debt enquiries every day
• 1 in 6 people state that they are unable to cover their credit commitments
• 902,000 have missed a mortgage payment in the last 6 months – equivalent to 8% of all mortgages

There’s nothing stopping you building a brand new business in providing debt advice. Look at the benefits: 

• Exciting opportunity to enter new market
• Market growing at a fast pace
• Provide a real value-added service
• Help clients get back in control of their finances
• Generate a new income stream
• Create an additional loyal client base
• Future opportunity for re-mortgage and protection sales
• Another opportunity for referrals.

PTDS are the only company in the UK that provides local face to face advice from FSA registered advisers