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Children's 'Inheritance'-Where can we put it?
My children [ 10 and 13] have just been given a cheque for £7000 each by their grandmother. She does not want them to have it until they are 18. What can we do with it? They both have a National Savings account that we cannot add any more to and nothing else.
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Carnaby Feature Films PLC - ?
I have just received a letter from the above, and they have addressed it me by name. I have never, as far as I know, had anything to do with them in the past, so I am not sure why I have been picked out like this - but have brought it to this board to test the water on it. There is a stated web site for them which is…
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Keeping savings in UK when emigrating
Hi there, We are going to be emigrating to the Netherlands in just over 3 weeks, and I was hoping for some advice. We have (provisionally) sold our house for £235000 pounds, but we will be renting at first when we get to the Netherlands. We wish to keep the money in the lowest risk manner possible, so we wanted to put it…
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Savings For A Big Balance?!
Hi My folks are about to sell their house and downsize, which will leave them with about £65k that they want to save to live off as they 'wind down' in terms of work. They want to put this somewhere fairly simple, with instant access, but obviously not totally waste the interest-earning potential. Obviously they'll syphon…
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HYP- High Yield Portfolio
A colleague has asked me (known MSE in the department) how he can go about purchasing shares from various companies, are their any sites etc that he can use to do this?
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Best Method of saving for a non tax payer
My daughter is an 18yrs. old student living at home with little or expenses. She has opened a current account with Lloyds has a part time job & has started to pay she keep at home, all a bit of a shock to her. She was in a road accident at christmas & has been told she will receive about £2500. I have asked her her…
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Shareholder Benefits - How to get them?
Hi all, I am about to start my journey into the wonderful world of investing in shares and would like to clarify the position on shareholder benefits (attending shareholder meetings, getting discounts etc.). I was considering Squaregain as the place to use for share purchases, so was checking their T&Cs. In the T&Cs, it…
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Account for 14year old
My 14 year old daughter has around £250 in savings. She has become much more aware of the benefits of saving recently. Please can anyone recommend a good account?
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£20 a month for 10 years ?
I'm looking for somewhere to stick £20 or so a month and forget about it for 10 years - somewhere I won't be able to dip into it. Any suggestions ?
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Best Place to put my money?
Hi :j Well I'm after a car that will cost me about £700 then insurance about 1k or more due to my age (17),I Currently have 250 stuck away in a flexy account with hsbc that gives me 7p each month. I put away £250 each month but because i'm days away from turning 18 that should rise to £270,I'm going to be saving untill…
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Premium Bonds
Hope this is in the right place - I'm sort of new to this game?!!:p No-one seems to mention Premium Bonds - my limited knowledge says anything paid out is tax-free - but I realise they hold no guarantee of anything. My sister has a lump of £45,000 and, on average gets a return of £150 per month. She bought them in Jan 2005…
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Urgent Advice Needed
Can anyone out there help me ?I took out a Britannic Portfolio Investment Bond in the year 2000 I put in 26,597.23 I asked them what it is worth now and they gave me this figure of 26,892.66 surely this cannot be right I have tryed asking questions but they seem that they do not wont to help me or they cannot be bothered…
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New to saving... advice required.
Hi all, i'm new to investment and am looking for some help to guide me through a few tangles, all advice is really appreciated. I have just finished uni and HSBC are allowing me to have an interest free overdraft of £1500 for 2 years (only £1000 in the 2nd year), an offer i thought I shouldnt miss out on seeing as though I…
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What to do with children's money?
My two DDs (14 and nearly 11) are about to recieve approx. £800 each as as a result endowments taken out ten years ago. My query is what do I do with the money? They have savings in a building society account totalling about £1600 each and every month I add half the child benefit to each. If I add the £8oo to their savings…
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best place to open a savings account
hi I am looking to open up a savings account i used to have one with the abbey national but the interest wasnt very good so recently i have just been leaving my money in the bank. I am looking to save £50-£100 a month any advise would be very helpful!!!
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Save £250 000 for 3 months
I need some help. We sold our house and have £250 000 to save until we found another house. Any suggestions for the best interest rate short term savings account? Thanks
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mini shares isa lump sum vs monthly
Hi All for the past to years ive maxed my isa allowance out 3k cash 4 k mini shares the first year I paid a monthy amount into the mini shares isa and spread the allowance over the year and it appeared to do well this year I had the full amount and put 4k in in april the fund appears to have only gone down since then Im…
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Savings Account or ISA..????
Hi, I've got a wedding to save for, so am looking to open some kind of savings account. I bank with lloydstsb and have noticed that they offer a Monthly saver account @ 8% for 2 years (ideal time span) with instant access & a Mini ISA @ 4.65%. I am a high tax payer and wondered which account would earn me more. I am…
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Save £22000 in 8.5 years
I need to save minimum £22000 in 8.5 years. Where is the best place to do this.
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Standard Life Windfalls could be cut
See guardian article: http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1795303,00.html
