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Where's the main (unofficial) TalkTalk forum?
Where the best discussion forum for TalkTalk's recent data theft? TalkTalk used to have its own forums but they aren't going to be very useful. Thnaks for any info.
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Need 2 Instant-Access B. Societies to Invest £170k
Currently with Chelsea building society which issues a card with Visa logo ... permits ATM cash withdrawals of £200 a day but no other facilities li ke purchasing. I realise interest rates are only...
 
Hello finance folks
This is the first finance forum I have joined. Just so as you know I am a lawyer with history in defending Fraud trials and financial investigations. I decided that now was the time that I offered my...
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APR calculation
Motor insurance premium of £163.20 per year payable in full or by 1 x £ 42.64 and 10 x £20.13.....total £243.94. Seems an exorbitant amount of interest?
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No cheap balance transfer rates from Capital_one any more?
Hi, It is about two years since my CapitalOne card offered me a special transfer rate. Anyone know why? They used to offer me good rates frequenly. Have they stopped doing it? I've phoned them a...
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Risks covered by more than one insurance policy (OT in uk.d-i-y)
Does anyone have any experience of making a claim when a risk is covered by more than one insurance policy? I'm thinking of the sort of situation where something gets lost or damaged while on holiday...
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Security of a club's bank account
I belong to an amateur radio club, which has a bank account. At any one tim e the amount of money in that account is likely to be around £1500. Two o f three people are required to sign any cheque...
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Self Assessment Tax Return Postal Address
Hi, Could anyone please tell me where I should send my self-assessment tax return form to? In previous years I received the form from HMRC's Cardiff office (with its return address already printed),...
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Lack of £2 coins?
Anyone noticed you hardly ever get £2 coins? Are shops not getting them from banks for their float? I always end up with loads of £1 and no £2.
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Is weighing coins accurate?
I frequently deposit coins into a bank, after counting them with a mechanical counter. When each tube is full, that's the right amount for the bank's coin bag. The bank weighs the bag to check it's...
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Tax reclaim on foreign divis
I have some shares in a German company and I note that the divis are taxed at 26% at source. Can I reclaim 6& tax to bring them in line with UK divis? They happen to be in an ISA but I don't know...
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British Land bond offering
Am I missing something here, or is this the worst bond offering ever? Duration 'till 2020 Coupon: 0 to 0.5% !!! Conversion at 2020: at 20-27.5% higher than launch share price. I would have thought...
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Wrong tax code for PAYE
Last year I changed jobs because I found something better and my last company weren't so good on admin. As expected, I didn't receive a P45. So I filled out a P46 form with the much better new...
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Selling my back up of someone's crashed web site
I used to read a detailed blog but I got behind. To let me navigate it more quickly I downloaded the whole blog to my PC several months ago. By chance, the author lost their whole blog and has not...
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Buildings insurance for a block of flats ....
We are required by our lease to insure our individual flats with RSA. However RSA has told us that of the thousands of blocks of flats that they insure, the buildings insurance is carried by the...
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