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Hating the look of the Nationwide Banking app
Just got the new app. Hate it!! The text is soo big . Just checked - you can read it from more than 2 metres away!!. No more checking the account in a public place. So big that I have to scroll through 2 screens to check my accounts. Worse of all the actual page the balance and the date are half the size of the transaction…
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Food Vacuum Sealer
I'm looking for recomendations for a Vacuum Sealer as I'm interested in ways to cut costs. For example, have been buying pre-cooked Ham at £2.00 + for 4 slices, but can get a 900g joint for around a fiver, which would last us for 2 or 3 weeks Looking at the reviews on Amazon is quite daunting
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sell a second property or take equity release to give me money to spend?
Sorry about the section I have chosen there was nothing specific to Equity Release. Here goes anyway. I am asking this for a friend as they are weighing up what they could do in the coming months. They have a property currently rented out and when that rental comes to an end they would like to either sell it or use an…
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TV without adds?
So we can now watch ITV without adds having paid for a year add free. But is there a simple annual payment to give us all the other channels, 4, 5, etc. add free with one annual payment?
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Do a lot of young people lack interpersonal skills in the workplace and life in general now?
Is it just me or do other people think that in the workplace and life in general that in many cases young people seem to lack communication and social skills? I have been working in the NHS in pharmacy for just under 10 years now and started off as a pharmacy assistant and I have now worked my way up to a supervisor. It is…
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Stamp Duty Calculator and Q&A discussion
This thread is specifically to discuss Stamp Duty Calculator and Q&A Please click reply to discuss
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Give Your Head a Wobble
I recently tried to set my mum up with a T212 ISA, but she struggled with the ID verification system – specifically the bit where you have to turn your head from side to side in time with a phone camera. We tried and tried, but she just couldn't match the timing. All the previous application steps were thus wasted. Two…
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Completion but not moving straight away
Just after completion will be going away. What do I need to do and whether it can be done remotely? I Most important is utilities such as gas and electricity. Council tax, water rate and bb could be set up online. Is there anything I need to do urgently as will not be living there for a little while? Thanks
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What's fair in terms of £ when I move into my husband's inherited family home?
We have a pre and post nup in place outlining what's mine is mine, what's his is his and what's ours is ours. In due course my husband will inherit his mortgage free family home from his parents. It's habitable but needs a six figure sum spending on it to bring it up to scratch. There may not be enough inherited money to…
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Personal Savings Allowance and tax thresholds
Hi Got a question about savings interest that pushes me into the higher rate bracket. Last year I used salary sacrifice to bring all my income from my job into basic rate. My gross income was £50264 I also got £323 of interest from savings. How is my income taxed? i.e. what should I be paying. Various sources are saying I…
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Tax query...
Hello, hopefully someone can help or maybe point me in the right direction please. If a company buys cars to lease to other companies, ie: as a car hire/lease company, what are the tax rules on the purchase and what they can claim. Are they the standard rules, so the same as if they bought the car to use or for an employee…
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iweb automatic dividend reinvestment or payout
Can anyone give me some advice on the best option for dividends payouts on iweb - it is not a massive amount of around £600 a year but worried it is getting eaten in fees. Not 100% sure of the costs , it says that I am charged 2% upto a maximum of £5 ... The payouts range from £1 to £100 amounting to around £600 over the…
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Buy to let section 157 mortgage
Looking for advice on securing a buy to let mortgage on a section 157 house (we are local and rent but can’t afford a larger house at the moment). All the figures add up but Nat West say no. There must surely be some lenders out there?
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Old Style Daily Friday 22 August 2025
Morning all.
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DCB legal Defence statement
I am writing in response to the Letter of Claim issued by DCB Legal regarding an alleged outstanding Parking Charge Notice (PCN) from September 2022. I strongly dispute this claim and maintain that I am not liable for the amount demanded. On the date in question, I parked in a car park operated by Smart Parking Ltd, which…
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DCB Legal ParkingEye (Client intends to proceed)
Hello all, Hope you're good. I've been following along with this thread https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4816822/newbies-private-parking-ticket-old-or-new-read-these-faqs-first-thankyou and this thread https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6576400/dcb-legal-parkingeye-court-claim/p3. I've filled…
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Council tax support gone completely after moving to UC
Hi so my mum has moved to UC from ESA and she received council tax support did have a 100% award but had 2 non dependent deductions for me and my sister and her bill was £93 to pay each month then when she moved to UC she was told it was being reduced to 80% and her new amount to pay was £122. Now ESA has finally confirmed…
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Incorrect customs charge
Hi. I've checked through a few threads to see if my question has been answered but couldn't find it. My father took my ear buds back to Australia from UK to get them fixed under warrantee (long story of why they wouldn't do warranty in UK). He has now sent them back to me but customs thinks they have been purchased or a…
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Auxillis/Principia Law and Car Hire Dispute
Hi all, Firstly I'm aware of the benefit of hindsight now but this situation has occurred due to the situation I was in at the time some 30 minutes after the accident occurred and trusting that my insurer knew what was right and was looking out for me.... My partner was driving our car and parked in a queue oat a set of…
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Understanding a Will
My father-in-law passed away three years ago. The estate went through probate. The executor has never acted on the instructions in the will. Can you see any reason why the clause above should not have been paid? The only other beneficial is his wife (the executor).
