Water companies have set out plans to cut bills for millions of consumers in England and Wales. Severn Trent and United Utilities said they would cut the average bill by 5% and 10.5% respectively. Thames Water said bills would be unchanged. South West Water said it would offer customers a stake in the...

SSE has become the last of the "big six" energy companies to announce early summer price rises, with a 6.7% average increase in gas and electricity bills. The move will see gas prices rise by 5.7% and electricity prices go up by 7.7% on 11 July for SSE customers on variable deals. This will...

I have been directed from a different board to post this here so apologies in advance if this is wrong. I am currently on a debt management plan which includes some energy supplier arrears. I am looking at going through the unenforceable agreement rote on loan an credit card debt and was wondering if...

When I took a loan out with a credit union. They mentioned that if I ever fell into arrears that they would obtain an attachment to my benefits to recover the loan. I am going to be defaulting on the loan in the nest couple of months it looks like and was just wondering if they can really do this for...

Energy comparison sites earn £30 for every switch, MPs told

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 4th February 2015 15:11.

*The big five energy comparison sites have admitted they earn up to £30 in commission every time a customer switches provider.*When customers...

Had a recorded message from 01159338000 to-day @ 18.01p.m.

starts something like:- 85.46 on line to get better deal call reference:- 21 million,90500047, if you heard message press 1 to hear again press 2.

Who calls report a SMS message service from Esendex and can be anything...

Telephone Preference Service 'fails to stop all cold calls'

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 26th July 2014 16:26.

Only a third of "nuisance" calls are blocked by a service that allows individuals to opt-out of marketing calls, research has found....

Hi,

I can see there British Gas experts on here and I have hit a brick wall with them where I am receiving incoherant answers from them. They are acting unlawfully and it is severly affecting my life

British Gas have placed 2 defaults on my Experian Credit report one for Gas...

UK floods: PM says money 'no object' in relief effort

The prime minister has promised that money will be no object in the flood relief effort.
David Cameron warned there was no sign of the threat ending, saying: "Things could get worse before they get better."
...

I'm hoping for Planb's help on this!

My baby is looking for his house rental for next year at uni. He has found a great place that seems too good to be true. It's an independent landlord with several properties, on Facebook and Twitter. He wants £100 deposit, reduced rent for 8 weeks of...

Equifax in new tenant verification partnership

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 14th January 2014 18:38.

Landlords and letting agents network landlordreferencing.co.uk has chosen credit reference agency Equifax to enhance its tenant vetting services as......

I don't like this decision by Experian one little bit. From January they will be reporting rent payment history on your credit file. They're arguing that this will help consumers to build up a good credit history in the same way as people who have a mortgage payment history. They claim this will help...

Hi,

On 17th July Anglian Water sent me my first bill for this property. The due date was 1st August. On 8th August they wrote to me stating they are now commencing legal action. Copies of both are below:

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Hi Guys

My neighbour is with SP and basically his DD went up by 70.00 a month he had no warning and this made him really OD.

He called and they said they "emailed him" but he has no record of this and they can't prove it apparently.

Any thoughts what...

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