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Business Opportunity
Protected Investments Limited are looking for individuals to act as agents and introducers to the Loancheck Service. The Loancheck Service audits mortgage and loan accounts to assess if a client has...
 
Stamp Duty - why?
Just out of interest, does anyone know how stamp duty on house moving is justified. by HM Gov. Generally, taxation is levied on some sort of financial gain - income tax, IHT CGT etc, but a person or...
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Cash offer CGT
I have 10,000 shares in Company A which is being taken over by Company B. I am being offered two pounds for each of my Company A shares as well as a reduced number of shares in Company B. How do I...
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Quick question about Eurozone money transfer
What are the charges for transferring electronically a small amount of money in euros to a bank in the Netherlands? I have an account with Abbey and Barclays. Can't seem to find this info on either of...
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Business start up question
Company A owned by Mr A has some money sat doing nothing. Mr A and Mr B want to start a business using some money from company A and Mr B. What ways of doing this are there? I assume a partnership or...
 
D Tel: How to survive the great tax clampdown
How to survive the great tax clampdown Daily Telegraph Last Updated: 1:41am GMT 01/03/2008 The Government is looking to increase tax revenues by targeting offshore accounts and avoiding the bad...
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State Second Pension
What is the eligibilty criteria for the state second pension? Is a EU citizen working in the UK entitled to contirbute and benefit from one or is it for UK nationals only. Thanks
 
Freelancer tax help
I am employed full time as a web designer and pay tax on all my earnings from this. Last month I did some extra work for a local business on a freelance basis for which I have just been paid and I'm...
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Whether to cash in Endowment policy?
Is there any help available online to help calculate whether or not to cash in an endowment policy? I.a. Have insurers surrender value and one from a TEP company. Using these and interest rates ,...
 
Free meals for NHS hospital employees?
My sister works in a hospital who treats mental health and learning disability people. They currently receive a free meal, which is taken with the patients and it helps the patients to integrate and...
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RUB-EUR Swap Curve
Hi I can only find on Bloomberg the RUB-USD swap curve. Do I have to compute the RUB-EUR swap curve? If so, how do I do that? Thanks a lot. Miguel
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Hottest Stock Picks!
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what is the real need for a valuation?
for properties, value is what someone is willing to pay for it and therefore makes it subjective. eg. an investor may purchase a house for twice its actual value even though it has a poor location....
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Faster Payments Service - 27 May 2008
APACS, the UK payments association, has confirmed that the banking industry is on track to deliver the infrastructure that will enable a new faster payments service to be launched starting on 27th May...
 
Reverse Mortgages/Home Equity Loans ??
Hi there...I live in Canada but am trying to do some research for my mother in law who lives in the UK. She may be interested in what we call here a "reverse mortgage" or "home equity loan" - not sure...
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