Hi all Hope everyone is well or as well as can be. Currently hubby pays money to his ex via an attachment of earnings order, approx £250 per month. His daughter is now 18yrs old and due to finish college in July. Our question is once his daughter has finished college we assume his payments will stop...

Thx guys for the replies, We have already got about £200 towards it from our continency money The garage owner is a good friend (through past dealings with my service) and he has just rang and has offered for us pay it over 2 payments to make it alittle easier as he knows that without a car I cannot...

Hi all Hope you are all well, sorry I have not posted lately, alot going on at work, consultations etc...:( Our car (13yr old ford escort) went in for it's MOT today and guess what.....IT FAILED [:(!] The garage has quoted approx £500 to get it through. Hubby and I have decided to risk it this year ...

Hi Biscuits,
We are with GT and our DD usually comes out on the 1st but with the bank holidays etc ours only just came out yesterday so try not to worry as I'm sure it may just be a time delay.
Have a good weekend and hope you hear from GT soon.

Hi all Firstly, sorry about the following rant, having abit of a low day today and things possibly seem bigger than they actually are!!! Today I received formal notification from work (local authority, community services) that we are on another 2yr pay freeze (as expected) but also they are freezing...

Hi all Firstly I would like to wish you all a very happy new year and may 2011 be the year of dreams come true or at the very least let bad things turn good, as we all deserve [:)] The end of our 2010 (literally) was our washing machine packed up yesterday and the car needed 2 new tyres. The start o...

Thank you Lesley,
We are with Grant Thornton.

I was a really nice surprise so we splashed out on a take away and a bottle of wine last night, shame on us on a school night .

Hi all, Hope you are all well. Hope someone can clarify for me. Hubby had some good news yesterday, he has been offered a new job at his work which will mean quite a subsantial payrise. His new job will not start until Nov and as yet they have not really discussed monies but it has been indicated th...

Today was my final day at university, I can't believe how quickly the time has flown. All being well with my final results, due 26th July I will have completed my degree in Health & Social Care. The 1st of Aug I get my promotion and all is looking well with the world. It's been a hard 3 years along ...

Good Luck TulaC
I'm sure everything will be fine. Let us know how it goes.
xx

Hi Cakie Well done for taking the plunge. There are a number of banks that offer basic accounts such as the Co-op, Nationwide, Natwest tec.. I personally bank with Natwest and have a step account which is ideal for people in our situation as you the benefit of a debit card but none of the added extr...

Hi all Today we got our annual review request. I'm just preparing our paperwork so it can be sent off tomorrow. Usually our annual review is done about August time but GT appear to be on the ball and getting things done early. We can't believe how quickly time seems to be passing us by. In Sept we w...

Fingers crossed your wait won't be much longer and the answer is a positive 1. x

Well, unfortunately the car failed :( and have been told it needs some welding work done underneath. My car is still at the garage as they will sort this out ready to go for a retest but won't know full costs until later tomorrow. I'm lucky in that I have known the man who owns the garage for a very...

Hi all Hope you are all well. my car goes in for it's MOT tomorrow and I am keeping my fingers crossed it passes and it doesn't cost alot. I have a 13 yr ford escort that had done me proud over these past few yrs but I am aware that it's getting old and has been round the block afew times (123000 mi...