UK Finance Discussions

Shrinking economy...

The economy shrank by 0.2% in the last quarter. According to some expert on radio 4 a substantial part of this shrinkag...

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posted by tiddyogg

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Souvenirs posted to self - got taxed and parcel damaged

Hello, I am a British student studying Middle Eastern languages in Israel. Because the items are fairly large and won't...

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posted by nomdeplume82008

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NPV & WACC calculation help

NPV calculation help Hi guys. I'm trying to calculate a NPV for a company (an imaginary company in an exercise, call it...

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posted by kotapaka

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TV License price fix?

Just been told they are freezing the license fee price till 2016. Is this part of a government initiative to get rid of...

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posted by no

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Selling house to pay care situation - House not selling

Hi, My mother in law ( 85 ) is presently in care as a result of Vascular Dementia. She has been in the existing care ho...

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posted by srt

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PAYE and Self-Assessment

For the last five years or so I have been delighted to let my employer deal with my Income Tax through PAYE. It's certa...

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Real Estate Commission Rates?

What are the commission rates that are payable to Real Estate Agents for selling UK residential property nowadays? The p...

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Does England subsidise Scotland?

Was having this discussion with a Scot and he was adamant that with the oil, Scotland paid more money to England than i...

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posted by Jake

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Time for Career Scrappage? - an unemployment solution.

I was thinking that an answer to youth unemployment and graduate underemployment would be a career scrappage scheme. Wi...

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posted by dwickford

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Cost of forex hedging

Hello, My question: A company buying items in US$ is contractually bound to sell them in Euro to his customer. The cust...

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posted by rezai_nima

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ISAs - cash allowance vs stocks allowance - WHY?

Following from a recent thread. ISA allowance is ~5.3K cash based + 5.3K stock based. OR 10.6K stock based. WHY are the...

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posted by newsgroups

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Sun Tel: Tony Blair and the £8million tax 'mystery'

Tony Blair and the £8million tax 'mystery' Former Prime Minister Tony Blair channelled millions of pounds through a com...

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posted by sufaud

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Transferring equity ISA to a cash ISA?

Is this possible? I believe it is possible but only within the annual cash ISA investment limit of £5k. So if you have...

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Any good review sites for travel insurance?

We've just been trying to find a provider for annual travel insurance. I am surprised that the quotes one can get from...

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posted by usenet

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selling shares

Thanks for replies to my query about pensions. Unrelated but because I don't quite know what to do. a) I have some old...

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