Anger as Bristol University threatens rent strikers with third party debt collectors
By Ellie Pipe, Wednesday May 12, 2021
The University of Bristol has been accused of “vile bullying behaviour” after threatening to use third party debt collectors to recover unpaid rents.
A collective of students has been on rent strike since October because of what they claim to be a lack of support throughout the pandemic and restricted or no access to facilities they would otherwise have had.
University bosses say tenants have been offered rebates that are equivalent to a 25 per cent reduction in rent over the duration of their time in accommodation, or the option to be released from their tenancy.
Staff and student anger as Bristol Uni hires debt collectors to collect unpaid rent
‘Rent Strike Bristol believes that this sets a dangerous precedent and could potentially damage student mental health’
2 weeks ago
Bristol Uni have hired a third party debt collector company, STA International, to collect debts from students who haven’t yet paid their rent for living in halls.
Students were informed of this on 3rd May via email and told that STA International could pursue them 14 days after this notice.
This policy seems to be directed at the rent strikers, who haven’t paid their rent since October 2020. They have received discounts and rebates throughout the year.
Trustly still wants stock market listing, but no current timeline
05/03/2021 | 06:24am EDT
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STOCKHOLM, May 3 (Reuters) - Swedish payments firm Trustly
said it is still aiming for a stock market listing but there is
currently no firm timeline, after it delayed IPO plans following
comments by the country s financial regulator about the
company s due diligence process.
Trustly in April announced plans to list on the Nasdaq
Stockholm exchange in a move that could have valued the company
at more than $10 billion.
However, less than two weeks after the announcement the
Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (SFSA) said the company
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Environmental Protest Is Being Criminalized Around the World, Say Experts More than 400 climate scientists sign letter saying activists are being targeted at pivotal time in fight against global heating.
April 29, 2021
Peaceful environmental protesters are being threatened, silenced and criminalised in countries around the world including the UK and the US, according to some of the world’s leading climate scientists and academics.
An Extinction Rebellion protester is arrested in Australia last year. Photo by Extinction Rebellion Tasmania.
More than 400 leading experts including 14 authors from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) say that non-violent civil disobedience from groups like the school strikers, Extinction Rebellion and the Sunrise Movement have transformed the debate around the climate crisis in recent years.