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			<title><![CDATA[Updated Lending Code provides new rights and protections for borrowers]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[FLA response to Financial Services Bill and the transfer of consumer credit regulation to the FCA]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Responding to the Treasury announcement that consumer credit regulation will be transferred to the new Financial Conduct Authority, Stephen Sklaroff, Director General of the Finance &amp; Leasing Association, said,]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Finance House Base Rate (FHBR) is 1.5% for February 2012]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The FHBR will be 1]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CCA is the right starting point for future consumer credit regulation]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Consumers cautious with credit in run up to Christmas]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[New consumer credit fell by 2% in November as shoppers remained cautious in the run-up to Christmas, according to the latest figures from the Finance &amp; Leasing Association]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Leasing grows in popularity for business investment]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[New figures from the Finance &amp; Leasing Association (FLA) show that the popularity of business finance as a means of financing investment in new business equipment has grown significantly]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dealer motor finance still growing as 2011 drew to a close]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[November;s figures showed that dealer motor finance remained UK consumers' first choice for new cars]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[FLA credit figures show pre-Christmas growth in consumer markets]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Consumers used 5% more credit in October than in the same month in 2010, according to the latest figures from the Finance &amp; Leasing Association]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[FLA: Financial Services Bill Joint Committee report response]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Responding to the Financial Services Bill Joint Committee report, published today, the Director General of the Finance &amp; Leasing Association, Stephen Sklaroff, said]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Car finance sales increase as dealer scheme boosts customer service]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lenders and Advisers offer Christmas spending tips]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Many people will be using credit cards and other forms of personal credit in the run-up to Christmas]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[September consumer lending up, but not on the High Street]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Lending to consumers by members of the Finance and Leasing Association grew in September, according to the Association's latest market statistics]]></description>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.fla.org.uk/media/301111_sep_consumer]]></link>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Asset finance to boost Chancellor's small business investment plans]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New deal for store card customers]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Finance &amp; Leasing Association (FLA) - which represents UK store card providers - has agreed a package of new measures which will benefit store card customers, working with the Government and the British Retail Consortium (BRC)]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Over 1 billion pounds provided for new car purchases through dealers in September]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[In September this year, the new car motor finance market was up 11% by value compared with September 2010]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tips on how to finance new business equipment covered in new cash flow guide]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[A new guide that provides essential advice for SMEs investing in vital but expensive business equipment has been published by the Institute of Credit Management (ICM) as part of its highly successful 'Managing Cashflow' series]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Second charge repossessions remain low in Q3]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[the total number of second charge mortgage repossessions so far this year is 649, 7]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Consumer lending rises in August, but no sign of recovery yet, says FLA]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Motor finance market share hits new high]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Motor finance achieved its highest recorded share of the private new car sales market for four years in August]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Self-regulation important part of any credit regime, says FLA]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Finance and Leasing Association (FLA) today used its motor finance online competency test to demonstrate to politicians in Westminster that self-regulation should be recognised as part of any new regulatory regime for credit at an event held jointly with the Trading Standards Institute (TSI)]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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