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Profit from agricultural land/food
I heard that agricultural land prices in UK are up 25% on the year, and basic foods like rice are rising quickly on global markets. Any ideas on how long term investment can be made in food production?
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Conversion of Securities??? HELP!
Hi I have shares in Bramdean Alternatives Limited a company that invest in Hedge Funds, they have sent me a letter about the 'Conversion of Securities' unfortunately they wrote it in Swahili - they didn't really but I consider myself releatively well educated and I don't have a clue what it's about! So can anyone tell me…
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Sold the house and lost my job - now what?
Hello all, I have had an offer on my house, if it all goes through; I intend on keeping the money as savings and will move into rented accommodation. This will tally up to be around £400k; now, with the present volatility of the markets, and presumed future downfalls of the housing market. I am not sure what is the best…
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Investing And Supporting Student Loan Pay Outs
Quite simply, with daughter No1 going to college next year, and No2 two years later, any ideas of schemes that you can pay into for shelling out later? They have been in private school since year dot so we are now into saving money, but looking for ideas where we can offset what we give to her (they will both be taking up…
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Abbey ISA fiasco
On the 4 April I went to my branch of Abbey and asked if I could see someone to take out a Direct ISA. They told me that all of their staff were tied up, but could offer me an appointment on Saturday 5 April at 16.00 to make sure I get in on 07-08 tax year. So I made the appointment, put myself in the hands of the Abbey…
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Travelling for year, tax on instant savings account?
Hi all, After splitting from my ex last year and putting the proceeds of the house sale (£50k) split into Icesave mini ISA and Newcastle BS issue 7 savings account earlier this year, I've decided to give up my job and go travelling. My employment ends on the 9th of May, so I was thinking of moving the cash to a the…
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Iceland fends off hedge fund attacks
From the FT "Iceland's aggressive moves to fend off an alleged speculative attack by international hedge funds on its currency, banks and stock market seem to be working. The cost of insuring the debt of the country's banks in the credit default swap market fell sharply this month, indicating that hedge funds were taking…
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lease on pub and secured loan
hiya all im sorry if this is posted in the wrong place. A relative has just taken a 10 year lease on a pub (for 70k and already paid). It turns out that the owner has a secured loan on the property for 25k and he has defaulted and done a runner to New Zealand.:eek: The first she knew about this was when bailiffs turned…
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Best Account to save for Tax bill
Hi My husband and I are self employed and put 25% of the partnership profits away each month for tax. I would ideally like a high interest account which allows two withdrawls per year. I will be depositing £500+ per month. It would be good if I can put extra in on an as and when basis. I'm quite happy to use internet only…
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moving money
what would be the best way to move say £30,000 between savings accounts, without losing too much interest. I can go direct debit acc 1 to bank,then bank to acc 2, but seems to take days. Is it worth paying to move it faster. using the sort codes can I move it direct for free, bypassing the bank. Many thanks.
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Buy Dollars
We are thinking about buying some US Dollars as an investement. We would be looking to buy £10,000. We know the Dollar may rise and fall but are willing to take this gamble. How do we go about buying the Dollars. We are going to the US in August so we will be needing some anyway.
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Childrens savings accounts
Whats the best childrens accounts. All we want to do is put their pocket money in account and earn some interest and also maybe have a cash card to be able to get at it too. Any ideas as it seems most societies are making it hard with lots of forms to fill in to get an account. I had to wait to see somebody to get an…
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Are we saving in the wrong account
Hi, new to the forum but have been receiving Martin's emails for quite some time now. Unfortunately I'm not the kind of person that can get to grips with the technicalities involved in comparing different types of accounts, but basically I have one question: We have had a fair amount in a Lloyds "online saver" account…
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Help needed please where to put house deposit money
We have recently sold our house and moved into rented accommadation and I want to invest the money we have left from the sale of the house ready for when we buy somewhere new. I wonder if anyone has any suggestions. We dont have any ISAs at the mo and wondered if its worth putting some money into one of those. I am happy…
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Another good year of investments.
I am pleased to report the good news that I have earned another 1000 pounds last year in investments. It is not a great return I admit but it is a bit extra for the bank balance.
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which cash ISA?
I am looking to put £3600 into a cash no notice needed isa, I have a icici, egg, and ing saving accounts, should I put it in one of these all go else where? what does this mean, ( doesn't allow previous years' allowances to be transferred in.) thanks uok
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Iceland
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/apr/17/creditcrunch i was going to open an isa with icesave... :confused: its a tricky business.... what to do .... i dont want all my savings 3.5k in limbo if anything does go wrong
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H&L Loyalty bonus
What happens to the Loyalty bonus on H&L accounts? I see a balance on my account but it is not shown as available to invest.
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Saving for children
We want to set up a savings account for our 7 year old - hoping to build up a nice little amount for when she turns 18. We will be saving about £50 per month. Can anyone recommend a good performing childrens saving account? Thanks in advance.
