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Re: Experience of transferring an old Defined Benefit pension to a current employers scheme
Searching the forum, most of the entry's are at least 5 years old. There are quite a few more recent ones. Mostly they have people complaining about the cost. Here's a typical example from …1 -
Re: Frozen Final Salary Pension
The projection has gone down by £600 per annum which came as a surprise as I didn't think this type of pension could go down. Any advice? Yes - read the notes which accompany the statement. That…1 -
Re: How to declare pension contrib to HMRC?
I did similar a few years ago. Basic rate tax was added by HMRC. i.e. I paid in £16K some time later (maybe a few weeks or a couple of months) HMRC pay in 4K. So if your getting close to the limit of…2 -
Re: ISA rates def on the up. Comparison
Although IIRC, the markets around 12 months ago were indicating the same ( or was it 3 cuts ?) and it never happened.2 -
Re: Santander - and maybe other banks requiring renewed verification for mobile banking
Legally it appears that if you deposit money with a UK bank, the bank becomes the owner of that money and you become an unsecured creditor: https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2010-09-15/debates/10…1 -
Re: Co-operative Bank up to £200 switch and stay offer (06/07/2026 to 07/09/2026)
You will get an email stipulating the one month window for your first £25 bonus. Then make sure you do the £1500 in/out, 5 debit card transactions and keep at least 2 direct debits in place, all betw…1 -
Re: The Cashback for Bank or Investment Accounts Discussion Thread
I got the £500 offer earlier in the year and closed the account and opened a new account for this current £100 offer. I was tempted by the cashback card but I really do not like the etoro interface a…4 -
Re: The New Top Easy Access Savings Discussion Area
@soulsaver - Zopa Limited Access pot 4.41% £1-£50000 (includes 0.91% bonus for 12 months); 3.50% £50k-£250k; 3 penalty-free withdrawals (drops to 2% after); Monthly Interest. Am I eligible for the 4.…2 -
Re: O/S Daily Tuesday 15 September 2026
Red Ruby sorry to hear about your poor mum hope the hospital manages to settle her and make her feel more comfortable7 -
Re: Renewed focus: the (less-than?) five-year plan to move
Morning all, Cracking on with second piece of work for main client this morning, having just returned the first piece. Washing has been done - need to get it on the line without disturbing B&W Ca…8
