Office of Fair Trading

CONSUMER CREDIT ACT 1974

GENERAL NOTICE NO: 1125

I, Ray Watson, Director of the Consumer Credit Group in the Office of Fair Trading ('the OFT') and a member of the OFT's staff, being authorised in that behalf in writing by the OFT pursuant to paragraph 12 of Schedule 1 to the Enterprise Act 2002, hereby give general notice pursuant to section 22(8) of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 that under section 29(2) of that Act and subject to the exclusions below, the OFT has renewed the group licence issued on the 18 January 2008 (and taking effect on 20 January 2008) to the following group:

All those bodies in Northern Ireland which have been approved by the Secretary of State under section 79(4) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (or the corresponding provision at section 48(4) of the Finance Act 1982) and referred to in that section as an 'approved local enterprise agency' (ALEA): and

(a)   whose sole or principal objective is the promotion or encouragement of industrial and commercial activity or enterprise in the United Kingdom with particular reference to encouraging the formation and development of small businesses

(b)  one of whose principal objectives is that set out in the paragraph (a) above and which maintains a fund specified by the Secretary of State (separate from any other funds maintained by it) which is applied solely in pursuance of that objective.

To carry on the business of:

C  Credit brokerage, and

D  Debt-Adjusting and Debt-Counselling.

The licence is valid until 31 October 2008 and commences on 20 July 2008.

Limited to activities carried on by approved members of the group in pursuance of the objectives mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) above.

This licence excludes any body which is covered by Group Licence No. G900026 issued to the National Federation of Enterprise Agencies, 12 Stephenson Court, Fraser Road, Priory Business Park, Bedford MK42 3WJ on the 16 January 2008 and any ALEA they exclude from the cover of their group licence, and also any ALEA elsewhere in the United Kingdom.

RAY WATSON, Director, Consumer Credit Group, Office of Fair Trading

OFFICE OF FAIR TRADING, FLEETBANK HOUSE, 2-6 SALISBURY SQUARE, LONDON EC4Y 8JX

Date of Issue 18 July 2008.