hi can anyone help me ? I would like to transfer the balance of a Lloyds personal loan into a balance transfer card, with 0% interest. None of the major high street banks have been very helpfull. The balance on the loan is less than £10,000

Hi I'd be grateful for some people's thoughts on this. In March I am going to Romania and in fact I will be coming and going there over most of 2011. I'm making a film there (it's not a Hollywood blockbuster, but just me and a small camera making a documentary).

Where does the money come from for all the lending? It may be clear from this post that I have never studied economics, but I can add. When I was a child I used to think that people deposited money in banks and building societies and the institutions lent this money out at profit. However, with the amount of lending for high house prices, and the amount of consumer debt I would like...

Hi Late again! We're just rushing to get our Abbreviated Accounts sent out in time (for a simple £80k turnover business) Can anyone help by telling us if it's OK to amalgamate "Stocks", "Debtors" & "Cash in hand" into a single figure of "Net Current Assets" We've used the single figure in past abbreviated balance sheets without being queried on it, but when we try using the on-line form it...

I had a disagreement with a customer today, as I refused to accept a pound coin from the Isle of Man as payment. I always thought that coins that had Isle of Man, Gibraltar or the name of any other British dependency on them were not legal tender in the UK. Am I right? George

I have been given a £20 sterling note issued by the Bank of Ireland. It's date is 1st Jan 1999 and the pic on the back is of the Queen's University of Belfast. Does anyone know if it is still legal tender and what I should do with it? Thank you Rachel

How can we tell when a government is said to be printing money? What are the visable signs and effects.? I've heard that the Fed is printing money and wondered if we in the uk were also.Is it a sign that something is wrong with the economy??

Mr Truth and the Crock of Gold Scene 1 *Mr Truth's front room* Mr Truth: I am Mr Truth and I always tell the truth! Mr Nosey: What do you do with your time Mr Truth? Mr Truth: Play football, watch telly, do some homework, pick up a few boxes and put them over there! Mr Nosey: Boxes?

Hi. I'm new to all this so please understand if my questions are 'basic'. I've been offered investment in Barclays "14 per cent. Step Up Callable Perpetual Reserve Capital Instruments". It's interesting but where can I check an Index to see it's current value/yield etc? Is it actually traded on the Bond Exchange ??? Or a Credit Agency Rating for it. Anything !!!!!!!!!! Thanks for your help. Morris

Is it possible to change ?1 and ?2 coins (i.e. not just notes) into pounds sterling at high street foreign currency exchanges such as Thomas Cook or Lunn Poly? If so, is there a minimum amount or extra charge? Thanks in advance.

We've just been to Prague for the w/e (and had a superb time). We have a few Crowns left (amounting to about a fiver). I really can't be bothered (me or them) to take them to the bank for reconverting. Can anyone recommend a charity that will take a small amount of foreign currency (notes & coins) and put it to good use? Allan

Wasting funds that are badly needed to save the economy is the worst policy. Keynes was a homosexual who did not have any children, so he did not care about the future when he said "In the long run we are all dead." The Bush tax cuts prevented the economy from collapsing after 9/11, SARS and Katrina. Even Volcker said at the 10/08 Bloomberg WERT that the best stimulus would be to fix broken...

I've got this domestic electric meter that takes £1 coins. Can anyone tell me how many units per coin it should be set to? I don't want to make a profit on the electricity; but I don't want to make a loss either. Thank you, Drake

Long story short Bought some stuff with CO-OP debit card/current account 3 months later closed CO-OP account (all my dough is now with First Direct) 6 months later the stuff i bought failed, and returned as faulty for refund - refund must be done on the card that the purchase was made on company claim they made the refund - CO-OP claim they don't got any money

I was in LloydsTSB t'other day and saw a green collecting box with a Barnados sticker asking for unwanted foreign coins. As it happened, I had a few kicking around (having come back from USA recently), and they have now found a new home. http://www.barnardos.org.uk/lloydstsb/lloyds_tsb_fundraise/lloyds_tsb_foreigncoin.htm (No connection with LTSB or Barnados, but happy to have found a...

Just been in the local Barclays branch and there was a collecting box on the counter for unwanted (old, foreign) coins in support of Childline. I've seen a similar thing in LloydsTSB as well. Couldn't find much on the web about the Barclays/Childline boxes (apart from something from Barclays from 2005). I find these collecting boxes quite useful e.g. when clearing out the bottom of draws...

First; I know nothing of how world finance models operate, but with all this talk about financial crisis around the globe I'd like to understand at least how the model operates (or is supposed to operate). So, who's got the cash? With the UK and as far as I can see most of the European countries running a continual deficit, not to mention USA et al, where do the loans come from. Who's got the...

http://bankrun2010.com/ They appear to be aware of the consequences. I'm not sure that all the people who might take their instructions are.

I have quite a lot of Canadian coins (dollar and two-dollar coins) and no plans to go to Canada. Is there anywhere in London that will buy them from me?

I've seen a few things/heard a few people say that gold will be the next big thing. Is there any truth in this? I've had a little look at investing in it, but it seems overly-complicated and looks to have high initial outlays (before you even start to actually buy any gold). Any thoughts on whether this would make a good short-term, *relatively* low-risk investment, and how and where to go about...