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Anyone been to Bristol Video Game Expo?
Didn't realise there was a Video Game Expo in Bristol, but a gaming site I go to for news shared a post with details about it. Takes place in Feb 2026, with lots of traders, talks and games to play it seems. Hopefully it'll be good. Anyone going or went to the one this year? Be interesting to see what people thought of the…
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Smart Parking Ltd
This discussion was created from comments split from: PCN challenge under Equality Act 2010.
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Parking Code of Practice Consultation 2025 - now let's see what happens
This was a thread to discuss these questions: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/private-parking-code-of-practice Let's see what the MHCLG do next.
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Travel insurance 30 day trip limit when group splits
Hi, my family has an annual travel insurance policy with 30 day single trip limit. We left the UK together in July for Europe. I travelled back for work for two weeks and will be rejoining them and the whole group will be returning to the UK together at the end of Aug. They will have spent over 30 days away, I will have…
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Smooth FM
Is there a link for the competition to win £200,000 with Smooth FM. I can’t find it.
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NS&I Green Savings Bond
I missed out on setting up a one year Income Bond Is it worth going with the Green Saver which is fixed for three years at 5.7%
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Obtaining BBSI from HMRC
With a few accounts in banks and building societies, I was hoping to check that my reconciliation is accurate, and the same total that is sent to HMRC by banks and building societies. Is the information used by HMRC available? I reviewed my tax records and cannot see it; I only see the numbers I submitted on the SA form.…
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Anyone use Sky mobile know what language they speak?
I just switched to Sky on 3GB month which ive never used before because i work from home on wifi 99% of my time Just had a msg that Ive nearly used all my data?? It has a rolling data plan My plan says I have 0.5 gb left Also say I have "Piggybank data 1.4GB saved" I tried "Roll Data" button but it asks me to change…
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Another debt free wannabe
Afternoon folks, I'm starting a diary on here primarily to track my thoughts, repayment and spending habits. Maybe to find a sense of accountability too. Long story short: been in debt pretty much my entire adult life whether that be due to stupid lifestyle spending, necessary house repairs or due to a recent period of…
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Buying ex out advice
Ex partner and I separated 6 months ago (not married) and he has agreed to me buying him out for 20k, had a DIP and all was going well (eventually, after months!), but have hit a snag in that my affordability wasn’t input correctly (I did provide info, applied directly, lenders mortgage advisor missed it) so now the lender…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 17 November 2025
Welcome to the weekly Flylady Thread. What is FLYLADY? Well, it's our version of the US flylady idea - but we work on the principle that housework is not fun, it's boring, can be time-consuming, is often thankless but, unfortunately, necessary. It's here on Old Style to provide the support we all need and to make the whole…
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Smart Parking - deemed delivery date
Hi, I have followed the newbies guide and I'm in the ignore debt collectors phase but I just wanted to get ahead of the next step. I am disputing on the basis that the PCN arrived late. I thought I'd give contacting the debt collectors anyway and letting them know they are wasting their time as the PCN arrived late but…
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Overdue Simple Assessment
Hi all, I'm a teacher and recently received a request to pay over £300. I've never done a Simple Assessment before neither do I remember receiving the form they are asking me about PA302. Is this money I have to pay? It says it's tax I owe from a previous tax year/State Pension. Can anyone advise me please? Thanks in…
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Minster Baywatch - Lancaster
Hi all, hoping for some further advice. Keeper received NTK from PPC Minster Baywatch. There is a ticket albeit the reg has been keyed incorrectly. Parking timeframe was kept within the period and vehicle exited car park with over one hour remaining before ticket time end. PPC NTK states that the specific offence has…
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New Registered Company, Bank Query
I've recently registered a new company for my sole trader business. I've already been using a business bank account in my own name for this, but moving forward can I continue using the existing busness account or should I open a new account in the name of the registered business?
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Interesting SAR results from a retailer Should the next step be to use Consumer Dispute Resolution?
At retailer's suggestion, I submitted a Subject Access Request to their SAR team & the resulting SAR document revealed numerous red flags relating to one of their partners - eg allegations which went unchallenged, multiple chases by retailer due to lack of timely/any updates & also asking the partner if they'd contacted me…
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World cup tickets FIFA .
As a Scot i don't bother much until now but have i got this correct . FIFA have already sold over one million tickets mostly too Americans through phase one and phase two . Only the most expensive tickets can be bought with the cheaper tickets costing $60 and $100 almost unobtainable . What you have to do is take part in a…
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Land Registry questions
Hi everyone The Land Registry is here on our Forum to help answer its customers' questions. If you have a question pop it on here and it will do its best to help. Related on MSE: 50+ House Buying Tips Free First Time Buyers' Mortgage Booklet 2018 Remortgage Guide 2018 Ultimate Mortgage Calculator
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UKPC Licence plate error
Hi all I paid to park at a car park across from a mall (so not associated with any particular shop). Some days later I received a parking charge from UKPC. I checked my emails for the receipt and discovered that the last digit of the licence was incorrect. I responded to them stating that no two identical vehicles with the…
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Combining postage
Recently I asked about combining postage for Simple delivery - I found out it was not possible to do so just left it. What about combining postage for custom postage items? Does it work like before? Buyer puts them in his basket and asks me to revise the postage? How does it work? Buyer wants to purchase 6 items - all…
