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'Beware 'acting up' pay rises, they may be fool's gold' blog discussion
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'Surprise call from Ed Davey, Energy Minister – on collective switc' blog discussion
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'I disagree with The Sunday Times' call to ban savings bonuses' blog discussion
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'Do you read on the loo?' blog discussion
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Experian problems please look in too
I wasn't sure where to post this so apologies if it should have gone somewhere else. Over the last 12 mths I've been baffled that I can't seem to get accepted for a credit card. I've never missed payments as always have everything on direct debit, I've been in full time employment for the last 8 yrs with a good salary. The…
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'A dragon in the Napoleonic wars' blog discussion
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'“MoneySavingExpert: a stronger brand than iTunes”' blog discussion
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Tax
My husband has been over paid £24,000 by his fire brigade pension, (his fault he was overpaid). Last year we had to agree to pay back £200 a month, otherwise they were going to take us to court. My question is; he obviously paid tax on that over payment and now he is paying it back how does he get his tax back he…
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'My Top Ten Summer Reads: Shardlake, Genghis, Sharpe and more' blog discussion
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'Wholesale energy prices are DROPPING. Was/ is fixing wrong?' blog discussion
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'Johnathan Strange & Mr. Norrel - Book List update' blog discussion
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'A40 speed limit: is TFL incompetent or misleading? ' blog discussion
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'Sneaky preview of the new MSE masthead –what do you think of m'pic?' blog discussion
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Zero in pin code
Martin (I believe) wrote this on Twitter... I'm not on Twitter, but wanted to give the answer of 1 in 3439. The pin could be one of 0[0-9][0-9][0-9] [1-9]0[0-9][0-9] [1-9][1-9]0[0-9] [1-9][1-9][1-9]0 The first of these has 1000 options. The second has 900 options. The third has 810 options. The fourth has 729 options. [If…
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'Why I confidently predict this recession won't be as 'severe' as the last' blog
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0800 numbers
hi Im a newby, if you have already seen this thred - sorry -. Its to do with mobile phones and not getting free 0800 numbers. If you dial 01257380800 and follow the instructions it is free. I have checked this using my own phone with virgin. Cheers :j
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Save when you spend a penny
You can save when you spend a penny. As they say, if it's yellow let it mellow; if brown flush it down. We use our shower over bath to collect water and use this to flush the loo with a flexible bucket. We also collect waste water when waiting for hot water ( in kitchen) to come through the hot tap and emply this into the…
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Are We Heading for the Great Depression?
Warning: IMF Christine Lagarde said the global economy faced a 'defining moment' in the battle to avert a rerun of the Great Depression Read more: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-2090955/IMF-warns-1930s-moment-cuts-forecast-global-growth--EU-admits-UK-resist-Tobin-Tax.html#ixzz1kOyEVoPC Could a re-run of…
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'Prospective students no longer so scared of £9,000 fees' blog discussion
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getting paid.
Not sure if I'm in the right place but here goes. I'm a self employed Plumbing/heating Engineer. Recently the incidence of refusals to pay for work completed has increased. I'm acutely aware of how hard it is for everyone financially at the moment but, I'm spending more time chasing bad payers, people who have been happy…