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September is often a time for new starts and this week Forumites have been preparing for the next phase of educational and professional life, discussing name tapes for school uniforms, options for commuting to work and generally getting a better handle on personal finances. Read on for more about all that and the rest of…
This week Forumites have been giving thought to what happens when it's time to retire. MoneySavers have been talking about how it felt once they'd made their retirement date official, whilst another MSE Forum user is looking for tips on putting their affairs in order for a smooth transition.…
Out-of-date subscriptions, free trials that you forgot to cancel, unused gym memberships…these sorts of payments can be silently taking chunks out of your bank balance if you're not careful. Staying on top of them is a good way to keep your finances in check (and protect yourself from scams), but remembering to find the…
HI. My 16 year old daughter is booked to do henna tattoos at a local pub event and I want to get liability insurance for her. She's not being paid by the pub; just having a stall there and there is no fee so I don't think their insurance would cover her. Does anyone have any experience of this? Do I do it in my name and…
We have a HP Pavilion desktop PC running Windows 10. The machine is quite powerful and more than capable of upgrade to Windows 11. However virtually everything we do is on Android phone or tablet. Mainly Gmail, web browsing, some word docs and some spreadsheets. I am a bit fed up with Microsoft and all of the constant…
This discussion was created from comments split from: Is solar battery storage worth it?.
Hi all I am currently buying a property which is on an old unadopted road. There are other unadopted roads off of this road and the road used to access our road is also unadopted. It has never been adopted by the council and I don’t believe it ever will. There are around 15+ properties on the road and the house we are…
I am a registered TV licence holder, am resident in the UK, have lived at the same address for decades, and haven't been out of the country for several years. I have an issue that I use a VPN (which surfaces in the UK), but BBC iPlayer blocks connection via a VPN. The BBC are therefore blocking my valid use of the paid-for…
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