Recent content by markyb

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My mum has the opportunity to clear her mortgage and her current provider has given her the option of leaving £1 outstanding on her mortgage - why would they do this ? On paper this sounds good as she would not have to pay for the storage of the deeds but i cannot see where the bank would make...

i know someone who was a member of BUPA as part of the company medical package - the company failed to mention that the tax man viewed this as a perk so she was a bit surprised (to say the least) when she used this service and ended up with a bill from the tax man

reading this thread brings back memories to me and how I thought I new the markets and could handle anything it could throw at me..... and then the bubble burst and i sat and watched as the value of my portfolio got smaller and smaller. At the same time I took learnings from this experience and...

Whilst I dont agree with everything that has happened recently personally I think its time to move on and put this behind us. A moderators job is a very difficult one and would not be something that i would want to do so fair play to them. I do know of one forum (non-financial) that had to be...

Skim, I value this board and most of its members contributions. As you can see I have been a member for a very long time but have rarely posted but on this occasion I believed there was a need. It was not meant as a personal attack on Socrates. His thread constantly goes on about having the...

dont know which is worse 1. Socrates irrational/emotional behaviour or 2. the fact that he is hanging around on the board awaiting responses do you crave attention Socrates ?

looks like somone threw the baby out with the bathwater !!!

you could try www.itpaysdividends.co.uk. cant verify the accuracy of the info available as I dont follow divis that much.