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Lost Bank Account - ABBEY!

Can anyone tell me what happens now? ... I had an old Abbey account that I knew had never been closed down. After using the BBA link to find 'lost accounts' I submitted details of what I could...

spam_face

i was looking to get a loan for a car but then thought about a credit card with 18 months interest free on balance transfers, does anyone know if there is a maximum you can borrow on them?, need about...

corriequeen

Failure to declare unearned income

My ex-husband has always paid tax at the standard, lower rate. However, for a number of years (about the last 10) he has received unearned income which means his total gross income for the year would...

Nosha123

best way to send a REALLY valuable package

I need to send come paperwork to HMRC in Birmingham for our vat rebate. If it was lost in transit by the Courier or Royal Mail I would be seriously left out of pocket... yet none of these carriers...

madonna-fan

mortgage lending

if i earn £16,500 per annum,roughly how much would my bank lend me for a mortgage

BJS

Cas ISA's

Have been looking at the recent posts on CASH ISA's but being a wrinklie am still confused. The banks are saying use your allowance up before the end of the tax year in about a fortnight's time BUT...

codswallop

SERPS

Can someone please explain to me the above method of taxation and why I seem to be losing out on my State pension because of it ??.Thanks!!!

Pythia

New ISA or pay off mortgage?

Can anyone advise me which makes best financial sense - to put my £5k savings into a new ISA at 3% or to use it to pay off some mortgage? The mortgage is at 1.05% but I owe them £14k. I...

Richie88

Mortgage / debt dilemma

I need some advice about what do and which option is best. I currently own a 2 bedroom flat that I could for about £190k. The mortgage I owe on it is £115,0000. I want to sell it and buy a...

masma

Pre euro cash

We have some pre euro coins, can anyone tell me what we could do with them? i.e. are they any good to a charity organisation?

hannah40

the new universal credit

I have just read in fo on this new benefit that is due un 2014,from what i read it says that all other income eg rent from lodgers child benefit maintenance ect will be taken into account does it also...

Lanesra

Property Development

I am a first year uni student and would love to go into property development but where do I begin? Any advice?...

jasmin26

import duty on boots

would i have to pay import duty on boots that i have bought from Bejing

DavideMexia

Can someone point me out in the right direction?

“For companies using the capital market, 2010 was a banner year. Week by week, new records were set. First Microsoft and then Wall mart issued three year bonds at less than 1% while Colgate-...

phil10duffy

Equity Release

Does anyone know what percentage of my house value i can release using equity release via a lifetime mortgage

momo2011

Corporate Finance Compount Annual Return

The venture capital fund Techno Fund II made a $4 million investment in Optical Fibers Corporation five years ago and in return received 1 million shares representing 20 percent of Optical...

Bob A Job

Petrol as a legitimate tax expense when self employed?

Hello, I am a self employed contractor that works on different building sites, I pay part cost of petrol as I am a non-driver. Is that a legitimate expenditure to put into my end of year tax return?...

chas2008

Elderly family & access to savings

elderly in-laws have 3-4 savings accounts but due to their age are virtually unable to get to the building society, whats the procedure to help them access there savings ? not internet as they are...

pushybabe1

charging for using your debit card

i have never been charged by a shop for using my debit card until today, as i used to work in a very large supermarket i know the diffrence between a debit and credit card and if using a credit card...

LoftyLottie

Capital Gains Tax

My son and I jointly inherited my mothers estate, nearly 100% of which was her house. Under the inheritence tax threshold. My son lives in the house and we are now selling part of the garden for...

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