UK Finance Discussions

BBC - Endowment payout firms under fire

The issue the Prudential conveniently ignores is one of trust. If you were missold, why trust the company that conned y...

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posted by me

0 comments posted 21yrs posted by me

International Cheques - Any high street bank that doesn't charge fees

Hi, I may be naive here in asking this, but I got a international cheque through and went to cash it at HSBC and got ch...

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posted by alexmccann

5 comments posted 21yrs posted by alexmccann

CHAPS Payments

I went to pay my credit card bill today by CHAPS for reasons I don't deem it necessary to go into. I was very surprised...

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posted by llb

4 comments posted 21yrs posted by llb

Can Unit Linked Life Policies ever be a good investment ?

Hi I have a unit linked life policy with FriendsProvident which has been running since March 1995. Having recently chec...

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posted by redhook

8 comments posted 21yrs posted by redhook

I'm looking for people from London who have some idea for their own business

I'm looking for people from London who have some idea for their own business or they have it and would like to make mor...

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posted by pkruk

0 comments posted 21yrs posted by pkruk

Why is there a "Council Tax" related to house valuation in the UK

I'm a former resident of the UK, and would like to understand a bit more about this thing called the Coucil Tax. From w...

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posted by news_svaardt

52 comments posted 21yrs posted by news_svaardt

Decreasing Term Calculator

Hi! Can anyone suggest where I might find a tool to calculate the amout that will pay out at any given point in time du...

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posted by jillandellis

2 comments posted 21yrs posted by jillandellis

web site IPO

Good morning, I don't know if i'm in the good newsgroups to ask this question. If not, please excuse me. I'm searching...

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posted by zekkk

3 comments posted 21yrs posted by zekkk

Buying a house with cash

I am a first time buyer and have seen a property I like. The vendor, for whatever reasons has specified that it is a ca...

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posted by david

25 comments posted 21yrs posted by david

Query about filing "Dormant Company Accounts"

Hopefully, this is a simple query for one of the resident experts. My understanding is that a company that is not tradi...

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posted by usenetist

2 comments posted 21yrs posted by usenetist

Re: Time to ban boring players from playing snooker?

what are you trying to say?

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posted by bryan

9 comments posted 21yrs posted by bryan

Endowment policy surrender advice needed

My daughter has an endowment policy with Prudential which she wishes to sell due to changing her mortgage. The policy i...

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posted by dfrog

2 comments posted 21yrs posted by dfrog

endowment questionnaire

I have recieved an endowment questionaire from the insurance company who are investigating whether i was mis-sold an en...

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posted by cherokeejeep34

7 comments posted 21yrs posted by cherokeejeep34

Unoccupied flat, council tax

Hello All, I understand that unfurnished properties do not attract council tax. I am an executor for a relative. Does t...

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posted by mygoplus

2 comments posted 21yrs posted by mygoplus

What to do with 15 000 pounds

Hello, I'm about to inherit 15 000 pounds, and i'm wondering what to do with it. I'm in my 20s, and have neither signif...

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posted by twic

83 comments posted 21yrs posted by twic