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2 ISAs
Hi I have had a maxi ISA with Jupiter Investments since 2003 that I have been paying 50 a month into and it is worth at the moment 3768. I was wondering if after April I could also have a cash ISA...
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PAYE Formula
I need formula for UK paye calculations.
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Credit Card Protection
I am thinking of a holiday with Thomas Cook - it will be about a thousand pounds. They charge a 2.5% supplement for credit cards. If I pay the deposit of 50 gbp - plus 1.25 supplement with CC and then...
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Nonstandard Death
Standard Life's website seems to be down, and has been for the last few days. Can nobody else reach it either, or is there a localised network connectivity problem of which I'm not otherwise aware?
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Advantages of salary sacrifice
My firm offers salary sacrifice for amongst other things, health checks. If I paid say £200 through salary sacrifice for one, what advantages am I getting? Am I getting it tax free, or will my NI be...
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Cash ISA Yearly Allowance
I've been reading a bit about these in the rags today, but I can't find anywhere that sufficiently explains how they work. The rags have a few examples of people who have built up 10s of thousands in...
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Sheltered Accommodation Service Charges
What is abuse? Is it not at its most polite treating someone unfairly ? and to put it bluntly ? taking advantage of the most vulnerable person available? If this is the case, is it not abuse of the...
 
Alliance & Leicester current account
How can Alliance & Leicester offer 8.5% on a current account when I receive practically nothing on my Yorkshire Bank account? I intend to change my current account ASAP as I can meet all their...
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Northern Rock now a safe place for savings?
I have about £80,000 from the sale of a house. An thinking of putting it all in a NR silver savings account. Is NR now a safe place for savings? Thank you, JimD
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Pay off loan & investing in an ISA
Why does my bank make it so difficult for me to pay off a loan? I took out a short term loan (£5000) late last year and now wish to pay it off in full. The money is in one of my current accounts....
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Mortgages are much more difficult to get
It's just so terrible! with the sub-prime mortgage market causing all this finincial chaos and the huge leap in forclosure rates in the last 12 months or so. ---------------------------- Need...
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5/3/2008 - the current market sentiment
The single currency tried yesterday to make a new high but another profit taken wave dragged it lower back again to 1.52 level among gold selling reached 957$. The market is still await of series of...
 
Nominee stock and Stock registrars ? - i shall explain
Mr X has an account with sharedealer who runs nominee accounts he buys some stock in GM for example will GM ever know that Mr X has bought some of their stock or will their books just show...
 
I've got a little CGT problem
I keep thinking I've solved the problem, but then doubts creep in. The problem:- I have 2 lots of shares, each of which has was acquired in 1991, and so have a great deal of indexation and taper...
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Credit search..
How long does a credit search stay on your Credit File for?