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scottish building society
i scottish building society beleive this to be a small run building society anyone know anything about it wanted to put some money in it but not sure with whats going on in the ecomomy just now if it would be safe enough any advice would be very grateful thanks in advance
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Bank of Scotland Instant Access Savings Account Reward
Hi there, I have a "Bank of Scotland Instant Access Savings Account Reward" paying 6.5% interest till August 2009: I have 20K in that account. Well, the interest rate will fall further. Just wondering whether I shall leave my money in that account or withdraw some of it and fix it because in August the interest rate might…
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URGENT! Hit by lower savings rates.... GMTV wants you
On Thursday 8 January, GMTV is covering the base rate changes and is looking for a saver to come on the programme and talk about how the drop in rates has hit them. You need to be free to be in London Thursday am. If you could you PM MSE Laura with a brief note and phone number and she'll pass it on (you need to be logged…
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Power of Attorney - Dissociating from Capital?
Does this look ok? I am not sure how best to handle this; I will be named on the new savings account but won't be entitled to student maintenance grant if it looks like that half the money is mine. I am not trying to fiddle anything, it's genuinely not my money. The PO account was in my parents joint names, with the PoA…
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saga online account
has anybody any difficulty logging on to saga acc
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House sale today
I have the money from selling my Mother's house through today. I half-heartedly applied for a fixed rate account with the Cheshire Building Society but believe the rate dropped yesterday! Can anyone suggest my best course of action (not including sharing it with you!) Was hoping Nationwide were going to offer something…
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do you need ISA investing small sums?
regular investing into a investment trust--£100 a month cash£100 a month sharebuilder(regular buying shares monthly)£100 a month thx
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Best on-line place to buy Theatre Tickets?
Hi, after looking through google and the rest, am not sure in who is the best to buy theatre tickets off??? Anybody have any suggestions .. As want to go see mamma mia in March in London... Many thanks in advance for taking time to reply, as always you will be thanked....
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Free money guides
This has been on the freebies board sometime ago but I thought that it would be more useful here. http://www.moneyguides.co.uk/partner/everyinvestor/brochures.epl?partner=11&offer=6827&campaign=297&top=Uncertain. and there is also the stuff from money wise http://www.leadnet.com/leadnet-bin/o-page-one.cgi?p=WGMW. Hope…
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So confused
H there, Am new tho this forums, so here goes nothing. I have 3 accounts presently. 17k in ING Direct Savings, 3k in Halifax ISA & 5k in First Direct Current Account. I am a little annoyed that ING are only offering me 2.75% but new investors 5%. I would like to move my cash as I really think they are taking the P but I…
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SAvings Account with ATM card facility
Can anyone recommend a savings account with a reasonable interest rate (realising these are few and far between) that gives access with a cash/debit card. Mw wife prefers this method (Iuse bank transfer on the web) to access her savings, but has just been told by Coventry that her savings will now earn 1% interest p.a.…
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Savings carnage
Over the last 24 hours the best 3 or 4 year fixed rate has fallen 0.7%. The effect on instant access may be delayed but could be equally devastating :( . As BofE rates get closer to 0%, the rate cuts on the best accounts may get bigger, as low paying accounts can no longer be cut :( .
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Icesave FSCS - petition for interest up to date compensation paid
Would anyone who agrees it is unfair for certain groups of individuals to receive no interest for months while waiting for compensation from the FSCS please read and sign my petition. http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/FSCSInterest/ We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to pay interest to individuals claiming…
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Dollar Facing Collapse !
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/4125947/Willem-Buiter-warns-of-massive-dollar-collapse.html Will this mean a huge rise in gold I wonder ??
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How can I maximize my savings potential in this minefield of options?
Hello all I have just over £100 in each of these building societies: Chelsea Portman Hinckley and Rugby Melton Mowbray Brittania Market Harborough Leeds and Holbeck Nationwide cashbuilder Loughborough Nationwide 60 day direct Been hoping for a windfall for a very long time! Was fortunate enough to open these accounts…
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Have your Savings been hit by base rate cuts?
Martin is doing a slot on GMTV on Thursday 8th January about how peoples savings have been affected by the base rate cuts of last year. We are looking for a case study to illustrate this, who is free on Thursday morning to come along to the GMTV studios and talk to Martin. If you could PM me your details if you are…
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lump sum + regular
hello, me(highrate taxpayer) and my partner(lowrate taxpayer) have topped out our cash ISAs for this year. I don't wish to invest in shares ISA yet. We have a remaining lump sump £6500 and we save £2000 end of each month. I guess she(because of lower tax rate) should have a: 1. normal savings account for the £6000 w no…
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Provident Financial share price
Lets see how this Company Perfoms through the year, Share Price 860.00... down (2.61%) so far today
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£ recovers to 1.095 v € : edit now 1.113
those of you who were talking about selling £ and buying € in the last month 1. did you do so ? 2. did you manage to take profits (it bottomed out at 1.02 ish, and many of you were talking about trading at 1.08-1.12) ? 3. if not, what do you plan to do now ?
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Stocks and shares
Just wondered if it would be a good idea to start a dedicated Stocks and Shares section on MSE, seeing that savings rates are plunging and I noticed a couple of posters had suggested it was time to move into S&S? :rolleyes:
