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Advice on debt email recieved
Hi I am just after some advice around an email I received today around a debt I apparently have, I believe this is not genuine as I have not had any contact from the 3 companies mentioned but I am just wondering if anyone can confirm this, it lacks a reference and a company address and contact details so to me I think it’s…
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Advice on debt email received
Hi I am just after some advice around an email I received today around a debt I apparently have, I believe this is not genuine as I have not had any contact from the 3 companies mentioned but I am just wondering if anyone can confirm this, it lacks a reference and a company address and contact details so to me I think it’s…
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WiFi in caravan
On many sites we can get a poor WiFi connection but only for 1 device. Is there something I can put on the roof, where the signal is stronger, and have more than 1 device connected wirelessly?
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CGT calculators and Tax harvesting montoring
Dear all… My wife is an investor…trading mainly shares on US market in tech and memory…. but she'll never be an administrator. So the paperwork falls to me. She operates across T212, IG and now also IKBR. For her tax returns 2025/6 (she started investing at start of 2026) I used cgtcalculator.com and was able to bring all…
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Filtering and downloading specific emails - what add on do I need ?
I have a large historic email problem I use Thunderbird and am trying to pull some specific emails from the thousands that I have There are about 100 that I am trying to filter off - but CTRL A - does not do anything ….So what add on do I need to pull a folder of specific emails off Thunderbird ? If I can select all - can…
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UW and Economy 7 - still worth it?
Very helpful people on here last year so am hoping for the same again: it's time to look at fixing. I Am currently with UW after somone pointing me in their direction last year. I have 2 quantums that can be manually timed so not necessarily dependent on ALCs I think and 2 others that can't be manually set. Had a few ups…
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Got PV and Battery but no EV yet?
I was just coming up to renewal time and finding that all large suppliers (I don't want to with a supplier at any risk of going under mid-fix) now need evidence of EV ownership (or at least the right to see evidence) to access tariffs with low overnight import rates. Except…EDF Pod Point Plug and Power. Half price Pod…
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Gladstones solicitors parking fine
I received a private parking fine back in December 2025. Appealed it but it got rejected. I’ve since been receiving letters from Empira, and now received a letter from Gladstones solicitors saying either pay £170 or they will commence court proceedings. What do I do
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HHR storage heater in bedroom v panel heater
I think I've had this discussion before but what are the downsides of a quantum in the bedroom rather than a panel heater? Econ 7 makes it very expensive to have the panel heater (3 kw) on for very long to warm up the the room so most of the time the room is freezing in winter and running condensation (patio windows). High…
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Parking Charge Notice - Liverpool Marina (Premier Park)
Hi, looking for guidance on the attached, friend was collecting me from the marina where I was staying on a friends boat, drop off limit is 10 mins and went over this by a minute. Thanks in advance.
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Moorside legal - Didnt respond to the letter before claim
Hi , would like some advice whilst waiting for a permit we had paid for in our own residential parking area PCM the newly appointed company gave us a fine. we contested based on the permit arriving on that day we have always parked here. Anyway long story short is tickets and letters have all been sent to my partners name…
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New printer advice
Hi wondering if anyone can help, I've had an HP deskjet 2700 for a few years and it is driving me crazy, it always goes offline never responds etc I'm forever reinstalling it, can anyone recommend a replacement for around £50 that actually works and ink doesn't cost a fortune? thank you
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C1 form completion help
I am looking for some help regarding the completion of the c1 form, I naively thought it would be more simple than it is. Page 1: All ok. Page 2: Box 1: How do you name the “Sheriffdom” for Glasgow? Box 2: I am the executor of my mother’s estate along with my sister, could anyone suggest wording for this section? If I am…
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Council tax benefits
Good afternoon, help needed my son split from his fiance early 2024 . He asked to use my adress for his banking and every thing else .I say yes like any good parents would . He never moved in . Went on his way to live from one place to another :no fixed abode . I am living on my own well almost got a little dog for…
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RCI maturity options
I have 2 fixed-rate bonds that will mature in the coming weeks. The first is a NS&I guaranteed income bond (approx £12k) that matures next week. I also have a 2 year RCI bond (approx £10k) that will mature at the end of November. One of these I will reinvest into another fix, but the other I will put into easy access or a…
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Strange Lloyds notification - transaction that hasn't happened
This morning I received a push notification from my Lloyds app saying I had spent £x at Amazon from my current account. I immediately thought it was fraud, since I don't use my Lloyds or Halifax debit cards on Amazon. But on logging in, there was no sign of the transaction in any of my accounts. I messaged Lloyds, and the…
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Rising bond yields
Sense check if I may. I have IL gilts in a ladder, the last of which will mature in 2032. I intend to hold all until each matures. Given the current rising bond yields, do I need to be concerned?
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O/S Daily Sunday September 28 2026
Morning all.
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Structuring my defence against my parking fines as a student nurse in 2020 during covid
Hello, I was hoping just to get some advice on structuring my defence and whether I have a valid reason to defend my fines. I was a student nurse working through covid, unpaid, and on the last week of my placement I accrued 3 fines in a week as the parking had reverted back to being a paid permit car park, whereas…
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