UK Finance Discussions

Property valuation textbook

Hi! I'm studying property valuation in Israel and I've noticed that UK theory and practise is very rigorous, much prefe...

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posted by rcseban

4 comments posted 20yrs posted by rcseban

First Directory

First Direct are offering First Directory banking with a range of benefits for £9.50 per month with a minimum sign up o...

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posted by SpamNot

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Calculating portfolio annualized return

Hi, I used to use the portfolio facility at fool.co.uk which provided a figure for a portfolio's average annual return...

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posted by mudshark

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sainsburysbank.co.uk just says 'Sorry...'

Just tried four times, at 15 minute intervals, to get a home insurance quote from sainsburysbank.co.uk I fill in my det...

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posted by kylix_is

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How to hold virtual oil

It strikes me that the chances of oil being worth more when I retire are good and thus there's some benefit in buying o...

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posted by fofp

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Stake Holder Pension

We pay £20 per month into a Stake holder pension for my wife.....are we wasting £20 per month? Should I put the £20 some...

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posted by wonderlander

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Can a Direct Debit "Expire"

Cahoot has just failed to pay a direct debit of mine saying it had 'expired' as it had not been used for some time (jus...

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posted by briley

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Spead betting

Can anyone recommend some good spread betting prediction software?

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posted by A.Smith

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Cross border transfers when internet banking.

With my internet banking, I can only transfer money to other banks in the UK. I was wondering whether this was the case...

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posted by dave

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leasing / hp / rental etc

hi, I am IT company, I went to see a customer today who is buying about 10K of IT equipment. He has a quote from anothe...

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posted by <me

3 comments posted 20yrs posted by <me

Bank Lending Rates to Businesses

What sort of range are banks typically lending at for secured business borrowing? A member of my family is about 'go it...

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posted by terferger

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All "Scope" shops to close?

Scope used to be "The Spastics Society". My wife works as a volunteer in one of their shops and says that *all* their n...

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posted by troysteadman

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Barclays Online: advert added (Rant)

I've been using Barclays Online this morning. I've just noticed an advert seems to have been added on the "At a Glance"...

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posted by allang

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U.K. tax questions

I'd be grateful for advice on the following: 1. Is income taxable in the year earned or received? eg I do a job in Marc...

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posted by acaversh

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An Irish Ferries shareholder writes ...

(Surely, a better summary of the depths to which this society has recently fallen can not be found than what appears be...

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posted by callasberr

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