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Hi! I unfortunately have around £10,000 debt that I’ve been burying my head in the sand about for a few years.. - £1195 Old Santander overdraft, which has been passed to Cabot and they're chasing me up - recently sent an Orbit agent to ‘get me in touch with them’ though I wasn’t in just got a slip through the letterbox. I…
My house frontage paving is badly pitted and dirty from over thirty years exposure to seaside air. I have bought a Karcher K2 'home kit' which includes a special rotary pressure jet of which I have heard good things and seen demo videos.The 'home kit' comes with car washing brush and detergent together with a 500ml 'Patio…
I have my own car policy with no named drivers and I am the administrator on a separate policy for my husband’s van (different insurer), for which there is currently a claim going through for a minor accident for one of the named drivers. Do I need to declare this for my car policy renewal? Could it affect my car policy…
Dear forumites, We live in a very remote location in Wales. No mobile reception in our village. BT has sold us Landline&Broadband with a very basic speed - we are on an ancient copper line -, this package is cheaper than a landline only contract. (This contract included the purchase of fancy modern phones of which many…
My most recent experiences. First the bad and the ugly: * Monument to Santander. The request had to be made on paper, which I handed in to a friendly Santander employee in Branch. 6 weeks later, there had been nil progress as the form apparently "didn't reach the right department" (in Santander). This means I missed out on…
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The Bank of England said there had been "substantial disinflation over the past two and a half years". It's the third time the base rate has been cut this year.
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