Hi-save
Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:43:55 +0100
I have a Hisave account - fixed rate for one year. - opened just over
a year ago.
I had stated autorenewal at start - but had been told I would be told
when the year was up and the interest would be transferred to my
nominated bank account - I could cancel autorenewal at that time.
Today I realised that I ...
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Reprieve
Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:28:45 +0100
Woo- hoo
http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/US---39looking-to.5666480.jp
we've been removed from the Axis of Evil.
The next you know Kenny McAskill will be off the no-fly list!
Neb
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Libdems' plan to surtax houses worth over ¡ê1 mn
Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:40:19 -0700 (PDT)
Comment: Brilliant idea. Like Nu Labour that put a tax on non-doms
that they drafted in three weeks without thinking of unintended
consequences. All the folks living in London will be paying a surtax,
people who bought in the 1970s and before and who today live on less
than ¡ê20,000 a year -- and there are tens of ...
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selling shares
Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:28:22 +0100
does anyone know, which is the cheapest way to sell shares
TIA ste
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Been "Boiler Roomed" ? (Long, but a lesson for all, - Sorry)
Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:47:44 +0100
In November 2007 I succumbed to some very hard selling by a salesman
from Lombard Asset Management Ltd. and agreed to buy some shares in a
company called Kleenair Systems International.
They were said to be uniquely well placed in supplying equipment to
retro fit goods vehicles to meet the requirements of th ...
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FT: Accountants warn of 50% tax exodus
Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:41:41 -0700 (PDT)
Accountants warn of 50% tax exodus
By Ellen Kelleher
Financial Times
Published: September 18 2009 23:28
A raft of entrepreneurs and financiers are contemplating moving abroad
for fear that the planned rise in the top income tax rate to 50 per
cent could dent their earnings severely, accountants claim.
The t ...
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Used car buying advice
Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:45:22 -0700 (PDT)
I expect to stay in the UK for 2-3 more years. I will be finishing my
studies next year and I hope to work for a year or two. After that I'm
not sure where my life will take me.
I'm interested in buying a used car for occasional outings and touring
the UK. I am a completely new driver and haven't taken my UK dri ...
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Advice on buying a garage in an auction
Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:28:39 -0700 (PDT)
I am considering buying a garage for storage space and use as a
workshop for building models. An example of something under ¡ê10k
(auction guide price) is here:
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-23262211.html
I have some questions...
...about buying garages:
1. How well do garages keep t ...
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Alliance & Leicester PPC Misselling
Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:51:27 +0100
A pensioner neighbour came to see me at the end of last year as she
had taken out a credit card with A&L. She had not requested PPC. She
obviously, from what she said, later got a hard sell phone call for
PPC (Payment Protection Cover) and had finished up with it. She came
to ask me what it was!!
I explained ...
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Disputed ATM transaction
Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:39:29 +0100
In March, I posted this:
"The Todal" <deadmailbox@beeb.net> wrote in message news:...
> A customer of a bank finds that 300 quid was drawn from his account at a
> cash machine that he has never used - also, he never draws cash from ATMs
> because he is in the habit of drawing cash at supermarkets instead, using
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