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"Full fiber 900 voip 24 months variable package 28 pounds + 8 pounds on UK call boost + 1 pounds call safe 37 pounds nwe monthly + free engineer visit and installation I will waive upgrade set up fee 30 pounds as a valued customer + free updated new router usually that is 80 to 120 pounds but I will provide that for free…

Has anyone any experience with the former Schroders Personal Wealth ISAs ?

Hi everyone I am trying to retire from a former workplace pension scheme but am having serious issues with the pensions administrator. I made a complaint a couple of months ago and in the absence of a response after eight weeks and escalation involving the Ombudsman and the Pensions Regulator, I have only received a…

I am interested in taking on the services of a brokerage firm for the 'cashing out' of assets. The problem is they will only take me on as a client if I am a UK resident. I tick most of the boxes e.g. Born and bred, UK passport holder, full family connections, maintaining a bank account etc but I have been oversees for…

Hi, I'm selling an item on Ebay by way of aution. I do have "buy it now offers" accepted too. Somebody has been in contact with me to ask if they can buy it now and sent an offer, which is over £800 and cash on delivery. The person lives 10 miles away which is no problem. If I do accept, how do I go about it on ebay and…

Hi all! I’ve been left in the unenviable position of having to sort out a family trust as my mum is no longer able. It’s for a property which is in the process of being sold. There have been issues with the professional trustees and they do very little so it’s all on me. We need to provide bank account details and don’t…

I ended up in the unfortunate situation where both my car keys went missing in quick succession (and I've not lost a car or house key in 20 years…). The car reasonably modern, which means keys are supplied by the dealer only, and the control unit in the car needs replacing to accommodate complete re-keying. After quite a…

Apologies if this has been discussed.. I have a Halifax cc that I use for BT that currently is at zero. I've changed apps to Lloyds as instructed and now am unable to see an offers as it's not a Lloyds cc. What am I best doing before the time comes that I need to shift some debt? Cancel Halifax card and apply for a new BT…

Dear All, I have got a PC from MET parking services as the registered keeper of the vehicle. They have mentioned the the reason for issuing the charge as "Vehicle was left in McDonald's car park while the occupants left McDonald's premises". Could the experienced member help me as to how to appeal this as the registered…

I am an executor of my late mother's estate and she left a considerable portion of the estate to two young adult relatives (one just turned 20) who live in Scotland (Central Belt). We executors are sure that these relatives should seek financial advice about the best way to deal with their inheritance but we have no good…

I have been in my current job for 21 months hgv driving. I have had a new job offer at a local steelworks driving plant machinery better hourly rate and more holidays per year. Only downfall is it’s one week nights and one week days. The days week is Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 12hrs and 8hrs on the Friday. Week 2 is 12hr…

Hello I'm not sure if this is something I've inadvertently caused myself or a problem with the forum. When I went to My Bookmarks earlier it seemed to show every thread I'd ever bookmarked. I removed all but the fairly recent ones and reset the list to show the recently commented ones first. Unfortunately, every time I've…

Hi, earlier this year I took out a contract with Talkmobile via a link on this site that was supposed to give me an Amazon voucher after a few months and as yet some months after I was supposed to receive it I have not; has anyone else had this?

I am leasing a car, within 7 days of getting the car, the car struggled to stop when i need to let someone go past me, i immediately rang the RAC who came and did a diagnostics test which returned faults including breaking faults, deemed it undriveable. 2 weeks later the car got taken to the supplying garage (who initially…

I have looked at this forum and other websites to see if there is a definitive answer and I have yet to find one. Being a frequent European traveller, I have had the delight of being fingerprinted and facial recognisioned seven times in different countries so far. Each time I tell them it has already been done, but they…

With only two of us living in our property now we decided to have a water meter fitted.Contacted Severn Trent and they fitted one on 22nd August. I asked the fitter what app I could use to monitor my water usage. He told me there is no app. The meter is smart in that it sends the reading in but I can't see them. Not that…

I’m currently drafting the defence for the following claim: UK Car Park Management Limited / BW Legal * Claim issue Date: 24-Jul-2025 * I have submitted my Acknowledgment of Service (submitted 29/07/25) and I need to file my defence by Tuesday 26-Aug. Background: The driver was assisting a disabled person, who held a valid…

Hope this is ok to post, I have spent the last 3 days reading the forum and new member info but I can not get my head around what we do from here. I will attach a copy of the claim form (with my info redacted) I have acknowledged service so have another 14 days but no idea on what to put in my defense. The only info I know…

Hi everyone We have just switched over the forum editor to the latest version, known as the 'Rich Editor'. UPDATE: New Rich Editor Feedback board The new Rich Editor Feedback board is now live. I've added just a couple of bugs as an example. Please post any issues you have over there. On Monday I’ll go through this thread…

DCB Legal are claiming on behalf of Euro Car Parks for an incident where my partner paid for her car parking ticket but left slightly after the parking end time that was displayed on the ticket. I recently successfully defended 3 PCNs in court for a road which claimed to be a car park thanks to help on here. This is a…