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Hi everyone, I have been given a PCN last year (Jan 2024 ) for a visit to a play area which offers free parking to customers. The PCN was issued in 2024 apparently but because we moved to a different city and the PCN went to my old address, then in July/August 2024 i received a call to say i owe Euro parking money and will…
So, I started a new job about three weeks ago, and although the job is fine, the commute is a bit less enjoyable. I have to take a 40 minute train and then a 20 minute bus ride. So, altogether, it is just over an hour. However, I am having to get up before 6am to make the first train and I am not getting back until about…
I have approx 40k plus of debt, I’m struggling with my mental health and I feel like I can’t cope anymore. Am I best to go via a DMP with step change? I’m so overwhelmed and I don’t know what to do.
Posting on behalf of my husband - hoping this is the right place. He was offered an enhanced redundancy settlement package two weeks ago that he accepted last Friday. This was completely out of the blue and has knocked him for six. During the last week, he wiped what he thought was all his personal documents from his…
Hopefully this works as an all new diary for me. Will add my debt into my signature and keep track of how I do going along.
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