I got the impression at a recent seminar that there will only be a handful of big probably accountancy firms licenced, offices in main cities and a team on the road then to cover the rest of the country. Don't know how they get the referrals, maybe same as the present debt management companies, internet searchs or ads on TV.
I spoke to one of the speakers who worked for this type of company in UK and he said that was how the system worked over there so presume we will follow on the same way. Didn't get the impression there would be many job opportunities in this, seemed to be more geared at existing accountancy and legal firms.
Also spoke to an accountant who was there to see if he could generate some extra business this way as he was already doing quite a bit of debt advice, just a one man band operation, he came away with the impression that he would actually lose business as it would not be practical to apply to be a PIP due to costs/processes so his current clients would no longer be paying him.