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Urgent Easter weekend only Free £80 from HSBC
There is another thread started on this but I thought it might help having the time limit in the title. Check out their website https://www.hsbc.co.uk they are giving away £20 each for taking out a new current account, new on-line saver, new credit card, new car insurance. You need £500 to open the on line saver but it's…
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Standard Life windfall news
ABC Money Tuesday 18th April is the day investors will learn their share allocation and also a price range that the board expects. At the moment the press - presumably following Standard Life's lead - are keeping expectations low, to the point where the Maths wouldn't get past a Key Stage 3 standard. ABC repeats the usual…
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Costs of Financial advisor
My husband has 4 private pension policies with Scottish Widows and Prudential. They are due to mature in July when he is 60. We have been to a financial advisor to ask for advice as to where to put them for one pension provider. He was recommended to us by our accountant. He says the work will cost us a fee of between…
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advice needed please
Hi all i have about £5000 to put away. i need an account that will let me have a direct debit to my current account each month as i need to use this money as income for the next couple of years. is this possible on a savings account? i'm also not a taxpayer Thanks Lois
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Axa Sunlife- Cashbuilder Plus
I need some serious advice here goes, I HOPE YOU MAY BE ABLE TO ADVISE I have read a few posts concerning the above Tv advertised investment policies. I can see from some old posts that these policies seem a complete waste of time and money! My policy runs over 15 years, my first payment being £30 with effect from 01/04/03…
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New Start Business Bank Account Help!!!!
Hi, is there anybody out there that can highly recommend a bank that doesn't charge for everything and anything and if possible one that offers a overdraft facility at 0% for the first 12 months..... Like I said, I'm just starting my business !!!!! I have looked at A & L and there's seems to be offering the best starter…
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Where best to save?
i have £4000 which i need to save. would it be best in a savings account and monthly amounts put into a higher intrest regular saving account i have two children ) therefore could open acc. in their names, or am i going to earn more interest by using a cash isa? can anyone help thanks.
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Using or Abusing HSBC
Would appreciate any comments on my current thoughts following the drop in rates on both Cahoot savings accounts. Have the max 50K in the earlier bonus account now dropping from 5% and 30K in the six and three month bonus account both of which drop to 4.55% on 28.4.06. My intention is to pull all the money out following…
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What do I do with £1,500 - need suggestions please
Hi there I've used up my cash ISA allowance for this new tax year and have £1,500 left over. I do want to be mortgage free so do I take this off my mortgage capital or do I invest it for a while? I have two young children so could open a regular saver for each of them and get the 10% interest for one year from Halifax. My…
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I have £8,500 for twelve months, What to do with it?
I have to spend £8,500 on renovation of my house and have been told I can have the work done now and pay 12 months later. So between now and then what's the best thing I can do with this cash to make it grow? Any sugestions would be very much welcome Thanks!
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Moneyweek magazine
Does anyone have any opinions as to whether Money Week Magazine is worth subscribing to? I'd like to access regularly a source of info/advice about investing, and wondered if this mag is any good.
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2nd cahoot bonus savings interest reduction
Just got an email saying that the rate on my bonus savings account will now be 4.55% from 28th April. Why did they have to be underhand and change rates twice in such a short period of time (just over a month)? Seems a little dirty to me...!
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Historical Performance Info on International Trackers and Markets
Ok now it's a new tax year I've got to sort out my finances out...AGAIN! Just applied to remortgage with Nationwide so now it's onto ISAs and figuring out if I want to open a SIPP for my partner (who is actually starting to learn about finance after years of complete disinterest). Anyways, I've been following posts…
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Nationwide scrap tiered e-savings rates & reduce bonus saver rate
Full press release with added bs: http://www.nationwide.co.uk/mediacentre/PressRelease_this.asp?ID=820 Proud to be different!
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10,000 to invest
I would like to invest £10,000 . I was thinking of putting £3000 into a mini ISA,and the rest into the ICICI Hi Savings account. Would this be my best option.can anyone else think of a better idea Thanks in advance. :rolleyes:
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icici hi save can you have two accounts
I already have a joint a/c with icici hi save and want to open a single a/c so as to not put more than 35k in any a/c with this bank, they asked for the same proofs of id as before, so i emailed to ask if my already supplying these details for existing joint a/c would be on file ,to save time & trouble, the response after…
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Savings Account Question
Hi I have money saved in a cahoot savings account which pays me 5.3% Gross, would this be better in a mini ISA? even after tax the account seems to pay about the same as most isa's so is it worth the hassle of setting an isa up? Thanks BM :money: http://www.bargainchecker.com :money:
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Minimum Age For Holding Shares
Hi What is the minimum age that someone can hold shares in their name? Thanks Craig
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Higher Rate Taxpayers
Simple Question: My wife and I are both taxpayers. One is at a higher rate than the other.If you open a joint account such as ICIC Hi Interest account are you taxed at the higher rate taxpayer? :beer:
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Investing 20K for school Fees
This is my very first post so hello to everyone and apologies in advance for anything that goes wrong. I need advice on investing 24k primarily for school fees over the next three years. I need , I think , instant access as well as some sort of account that allows direct debits. Anyone had similiar posts/threads?
