Just thought id share this story with you.

Had a client aproach us asking for some help as they have been stung with a £95k+ bill from HMRC.

From what i can tell it appears that between 2002 and 2012 they had rental properties which were never declared to HMRC and got caught...

Barclaycard accused of putting profits before customers'

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 9th April 2013 16:33.

*....well-being with automatic credit limit hikes* Barclaycard has been accused of putting profits before customer's well-being by automatically......

Hi Guys, My daughter has just moved into rented accomodation and has contacted Hasting and informed them of the new address, they have charged her £35 to change the adress on her policy. This can not be right, anyone had any similar charges, cheers Pez

Excellent Judgment in the Court of Appeal so all those that have been sanctioned can now claim backdated benefit.

Poundland Graduate Cait Reilly Wins Appeal

Evening all,

You couldn't make this stuff up.

Tax Avoidance Unit??? WTF

Exclusive: Barclays To Shut Tax Advice Unit

Thanks as always

Scrappy Coco

Household water bills to rise 3.5%

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 5th February 2013 09:08.

The average household water and sewerage bill in England and Wales is to rise by 3.5% over the next year, regulator Ofwat has said. Households will...

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Santander profits hit by Spain bad loans

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 31st January 2013 10:55.

Spanish banking group Santander has seen profits fall 59% after setting aside money to cover losses from the collapse of Spain's property market....
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'Companies making redundancies must find staff new jobs', say European MPs

Read it here - Telegraph

Nothing about Comet as a company just feel for all the employees who have been chucked out on the dole by what does seem a questionable way of doing business by Optcapita

Nice to see they also owned MFI and are owner of Game.

One went Pop and the other isnt doing so well....

Taxpayer risks losing £1billion under Osborne plan to bribe workers

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 11th December 2012 20:59.

*into giving up their rights * Employees urged to sacrifice rights in return for shares in their firm Chancellor offered tax break...

Good to know the RBS has lent this shower an additional £80million so they can buy up dodgy debts from the banks.

Good for RBS's balance sheet. They can add this additional lending to the figures they give out about how they are helping the economy when its all about the banks helping...

Banks to admit profits have been wiped out by PPI costs

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 29th October 2012 11:21.

*Three of Britain’s biggest banks will this week admit that billions of pounds of profits have been wiped out by rising claims for mis-selling......

Sun Life fined £600,000 by FSA for poor management

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 18th October 2012 17:46.

Life insurance company Sun Life of Canada has been fined £600,000 for poor management of its £1.2bn with-profits investment fund. Its fund managers......

Back in the spring of 2008, I applied to reclaim bank charges for 6 years of banking wit Halifax. Unfortunately I was a little late, and received a letter that summer explaining that my claim had been put on hold pending the outcome of the forthcoming court case (which I believe happened in 2009?)...

Anne Robinson 'avoided tax on £4m of income'

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 6th October 2012 10:01.

*A single tax avoidance scheme used by celebrities from BBC presenter Anne Robinson to Take That star Gary Barlow helped about 2,000 wealthy...

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