The importance of treating housing costs as priority debts. Effective debt advice prevents homelessness.

By Alan Murdie It is over 10 years since Nucleus took the decision to specialise in debt advice, ahead of financial crisis of 2008 (then known as the ‘credit crunch’). Traditionally, housing was one of the key areas of the work for Nucleus, and over this last decade we have seen it evolve into an […]

Economy Energy, an energy supplier with about 235,000 domestic customers, has ceased to trade.

Ofgem’s advice to Economy Energy’s customers in the meantime is: Do not switch to another energy supplier. Take a meter reading ready for when your new supplier contacts you. For more info go to the Ofgem website

I’m pregnant and my employer has dismissed me for misconduct. What can I do?

An employer can fairly dismiss a pregnant employee for gross misconduct, e.g. theft or violence, but they must show there is reasonable evidence of guilt, dismissal is a reasonable sanction for the misconduct in question and the procedure is fair. However, if you can show that the decision to dismiss you was significantly influenced by […]