Now he has said why he will be missing from private life for a while. I Think King Charles will be missing from Public Life rather than Private Life for a while. He was seen travelling to Sandringham today with Camilla by he side, and also received a visit from his somewhat estranged son. This Priv...

Water Essex and Suffolk Water... Sewage Anglian Water. Yes 2 standing charges because we have two suppliers. In my experience 2 standing charges - one for water supply and one for sewerage is the norm, unless you have a septic tank for sewerage which is a whole different ball game. Both my water an...

Checkout Smart Error, but don't be too alarmed! Email 1: Hi, Did you know that you haven't used your CheckoutSmart account for 11 months? We wanted to remind you because in 30 days time your account will become inactive if you don't take action... What does this mean? Once your account has been unus...

Received mine too, as I have a current account with them. Family member not happy as they have over £50K in a savings account, but gets nothing. Tried to get them to switch current account after last year's payout, as they would have had £200 to switch last year and qualify for this offer too. As th...

Can't remember!

Ask me in about 4 months when the Xmas 'Holidays Are Coming!!'

A few years ago, my planets aligned and I was offered several options for Government grants - all because I was not on mains gas and heated my house by storage and electric heaters. Firstly, they were introducing gas into my road, and to bring that supply to my house was going to cost me £2,500, but...

Grants available for existing gas customers Boiler upgrade to more efficient gas boilers, plus a newer boiler could prolong the need for Air Pumps; Insulation - internal, external, cavity, loft, underfloor; A colleague had their walls insulated externally. Helped reduce bills and made the outside of...

Was with TalkTalk about 12 years ago, when they took over from Tiscali. Found them unreliable and unhelpful, so moved. New provider is more expensive but reliable and helpful - but worth it as far as I'm concerned. Still get the occasional email, supposedly from TalkTalk telling me my Direct Debit h...

Interesting offer on Checkout Smart today, open for another 35 hours

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Better than half price, but they are offering 0p cashback!!!

Confused.com!!!

We are lead to believe that that there is a £22 billion Black Hole in the Government finances which has resulted in the loss of Winter Fuel Payments to most pensioners and rumours of increases in tax burdens in next week's Autumn Statement. Then Rachel Reeves has come out with a new figure of £40 bi...