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Re: Resourcefulness: The budgeter's friend
Many thanks for your kind anniversary wishes. We decided we'd just like a low-key day enjoying the season together so we went off to Belton House, an NT property in a neighbouring county. We've visit…10 -
Re: Resourcefulness: The budgeter's friend
@KajiKita - Yes, disappearing 'soon-to-be-shrunken' products are annoying too. @MrsCatz - Too right! I'm not buying them either. I want proper chocolate on a biscuit, not some sort of manufactured pa…9 -
Re: with all the coverage of impending market crashes, what are you doing?
Inflation linked gilts eg TR50 current yielding 2.1% pa above inflation if held until redemption in 2050. Obviously it could fluctuate in price in the meantime. https://www.dividenddata.co.uk/gilts.…1 -
Re: iWeb Change to Scottish Widows
That's the logo it's had since last year maybe? Maybe late 2023. But as noted by FrugaiMacDugal, the statements show the old logo. Postal letters and emails have the new logo as in your screenshot. …5 -
Re: Should I change my gilt investments
How has the crystallised part performed? Is that where you want to move your £30k to? If that is where it will end up when you crystallise it then it may make sense to put say 75% of it there now. Y…1 -
Re: Smart Parking refused landowner's request - court papers received three years later
Please note no one had a fine, you had a speculative charge from a bunch of unregulated scammers, I am surprised that a church has got in to bed with such despicable chancers.If you have all the corr…2 -
Re: A new chapter, An empty nest, Drama school & Last year of Uni
I'm also aware of that option in both my region and my mum's , oh and another neighbouring region when I think about it. All in the NW. We're definitely at the 'sandwich' age, both us and friends - w…1 -
Re: Should I change my gilt investments
If you can guarantee to pick "another fund which would provide a better return", go ahead. What the performance figures will show you is "another fund which would have provided a bette…2 -
Re: Awful weather - typical Brits talk
Well it definitely rained overnight here - the ground was soaking when Rome0 and I went out for our walk. The air was crisp and the breezes light and it's turned into a lovely sunny day. I'm working …8 -
Re: A new chapter, An empty nest, Drama school & Last year of Uni
I know locally what happened is someone had the genius (!) idea of closing convalescent homes to save money. What happens now is any rehab care or temporary care that needs 24 hour support tends to b…2
