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How do i buy shares?
Sorry to seem so dim, but can anybody tell me how I go about buying shares in a shop, for example: Boots?
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Children's Savings Accounts
Just been looking at the accounts we currently have for the kids. Saffron Walden and also the Halifax Save4it via the regular saver. Just looked at a recent best buy list http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/savings-and-banking/best-savings-rates/article.html?in_article_id=394168&in_page_id=50 Why do none of the banks want to…
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CTF and DLA
According to http://www.childtrustfund.gov.uk/templates/Page____1407.aspx children who received DLA care component in the 2009/10 tax year should have received an additional £100 or £200 in their CTF in April this year. Has anyone for whom this applies, received notification from HMRC or from their CTF provider that this…
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Investing in Gold
Morning everybody! Quick bit of background - my wife and I have spent years paying off our youthful debts and are now almost debt free (student loans aside). We're now looking to make some investments and anybody who recognises my name might remember I've been doing research over the last few months and have started…
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£5,000 fine for suggesting someone use a cash ISA?
Could include you talking to your mate in the pub. Ok, possibly a bit of a hyperbolic subject (and it refers to The Mail,) but still, it's not entirely implausable: http://www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/home/2010/05/fined-for-talking-about-tax.html…
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£15, 000 to invest
Hi, I'm posting this on behalf of my mum - she has recently come into approx. £15,000 and is unsure how to invest it. She has already put some into an ISA which has left her with this £15k, but is unsure how to best invest the rest. She has no immediate plans for the money and no debts/mortgage to pay off and is not keen…
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How to up my savings interest to £66 per week????
I have just gone through the "entitled to" to see if we would receive any extra ctc when my husbands contract ends in september (assuming he doesnt manage to get another job). When i put in our savings it assumed a weekly income from these savings of £66!!! Can anybody please advise me where i might get £66 per week from…
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Blackrock trackers
Hi Guys I am currently looking at numerous methods of investing £ 30K,and i have had various suggestions from the bank [ HSBC].I have been observing the trackers on offer from Blackstock with their low charges [which i think are 0.2%] and have come up with splitting the money between UK Equity,Global Equity and Japan…
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Hate Santander but they offer great rates - worth staying?
I have just opened a First Home Saver with Santander with an initial deposit of £5000 and a planned monthly contribution of £300, paying 5% gross. This is, of course, a good deal of the surface. But there's a problem: I simply detest the brand. The customer service in branch and on the phone is woeful to point of being…
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Isa
We have a endowment policy that has just matured.We cant pay it off our morgage as it is fixed for the next 3 years. Where do we put the money for 3 years?
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Lloydstsb and Saga savings
I think I'm right in saying that Saga is part of HBOS - if that is right, can someone please tell me if Lloyds and Saga are regarded as separate institutions for the 50K compensation limit? I'm considering opening accounts with both, but I'm not sure whether I should keep the amount below 50K between them.
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Right to information about a trust - Help please
Good evening When i was young my parents opened up a trust for me for the duration of 25 years. They set the trust up for my benefit but I don't have access until the end of the term. Since establishing my parents have divorced (on amicable terms) - however my father has always controlled the trust and has for a long time…
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halifax regular saver
I have a childrens regular saver account with Halifax and i missed a payment last months, I am ringing the bank tomorrow to close the account will they just transfer the money tomorrow or does the account stay open for the full year? I just want to know what the waiting time is for accessing the funds really thanks
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S&s isa
Any reccommendations? I was thinking of something involving Latin America, Asia-Paciffic and China/ India. Seems like I need some form of self-selection of the funds in it. How do I go about this?
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Pacific Continental and the FSCS - help needed
After sending off the relevant paperwork to the FSCS, they have turned down our claims for compensation. One reason is that they will not accept a copy of our 'Attitude to Risk' which is a very poor photocopy. Does anyone have a legible copy of this form and would be willing for us to have a copy to prove to the FSCS the…
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transfer of shares after probate
Could anybody help me with the transfer of shares from my late husband to myself.I have probate and the share transfer form but am not sure which category on the form it comes under to be exempt from stamp duty. many thanks
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transfer shares between stockholders
I own some shares which are in a TD Waterhouse account and I would like to transfer them to iii. Can anyone advise how I go about doing this, please?
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Cheapest way to convert £150k into Euro
I am moving back to Spain and will have a relatively large sum of money to convert into Euro sometime in the summer. I would really appreciated your advise on:* what's the cheapest (and safest!) way to convert from one currency to the other? * would you do it in one go, or in tranches? * any reason for leaving a part of…
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Excluded from Best Instant Access A/c due to Current A/c
Surely I cant be alone in this situation....... We all know that Chequess are on their way out and only issued around 12 each in 2008 so they expect to be "phased" out by 2018. I have a basic bank account which does everything except have a cheque book. It's never been an issue until I tried to open an AA Savings account…
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Accounts open only to New External Money - totally against Fair Competition
More bank and building society accounts are offering preferential interest rates which are only available to funds that come from outside, you cannot open the account or transfer funds from an existing account you have with them. This is surely a restrictive practice and totally contrary to fair market competition; so…
