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We've all been there. A freshly brewed tea or coffee steaming away (perhaps a cheeky biscuit on the side) but suddenly the phone rings / doorbell goes / kids need attention / you get dragged into a meeting, and before you know it your enticing cuppa has become a chilly shadow of its former self. What do you do about it?
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Hi Guys Hopefully i've posted this in the right place. I've had a quote to replace my boiler from 247 Home Rescue, It's an Ideal Logic 2 C30, 30KW, for £2650, is that a decent price? I've had a wee google about, but cannot see much info on installation prices for that model.
There is a lot on here who have the card, but there is a limitation that you cannot apply if you have a normal Barclaycard. So curious if people have found a way round it, or they just cancelled and waited 6 months to apply?
DCB have sent me several letters re parking fine issued by Smart Parking Limited 25/04/2025 It was lockdown and I can't remember whether the machine wasn't working or I had no change or I paid ? .. it was outside a b and m shop and I do know if you paid the carpark fee you were re-embursed by b and m Anyways I've paid no…
I used their eligibility checker and it says I'm pre-approved for it. It did a soft check on Transunion. However, I'm hoping to find out which credit bureaux they generally check for the full application. While I'm on the electoral roll and all my accounts show up on my Transunion, for some reason Equifax just never seems…
Family member has received a CCJ claim from Anchor Security Services for the amount of £1350 broken up into £1190 amount claimed, £80 court fee and £80 legal represented costs. Back story: Family member rents an apartment building, when they started renting there was no parking restrictions in place but a few months after…
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New research shows the withdrawal fine – which sees first-time buyers lose some of their own savings when buying a home above the £450k cap – puts one in five people off opening a LISA.
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