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Children

 

 

Child Trust Fund 

0845 3021444 

www.childtrustfund.gov.uk 

Daycare Trust 

0207 8403350 

www.daycaretrust.org.uk

Personal Finance Education Group

0207 8332184  

www.pfeg.org.uk  

Consumer

 

 

Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA)

0207 6372444   

www.abta.com

British Insurance Brokers' Association     

0870 9501790

www.biba.org.uk

Citizens' Advice Bureau 

see phone book 

www.citizensadvice.org.uk

Department of Trade & Industry (DTI)

0845 9060708 

www.consumerdirect.gov.uk

Energywatch 

0845 9060708 

www.energywatch.org.uk

Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services (ICSTIS) 

0800 500212  

www.icstis.org.uk 

Ofcom 

0845 4563000 

www.ofcom.org.uk

Office of Fair Trading (OFT)

0845 7224499 

www.oft.org.uk 

Postwatch 

0845 6013265 

www.postwatch.co.uk

Trading Standards 

see phone book

www.tradingstandards.gov.uk 

Consumer Council for Water 

see phone book

www.ofwat.gov.uk

Debt

 

 

Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS)

0800 1381111 

www.cccs.co.uk

Equifax 

0870 0100583 

www.equifax.co.uk

Experian

 

0870 2416212

 

www.uk.experian.com

National Debtline

 

0808 8084000

 

 www.nationaldebtline.co.uk

Payplan 

0800 0854298 

www.payplan.com

 

Financial Complaints

 

 

Financial Service Authority (FSA) 

0845 6061234 

www.fsa.gov.uk.

Financial Service Compensation Scheme

0207 8927300 

www.fscs.org.uk

Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS)

0845 0801800 

www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk 

 

General

 

 

Companies House 

0870 3333636 

www.companieshouse.gov.uk 

Direct Marketing Association

 

0207 2913300  

www.dma.org.uk

IFA Promotion (IFAP) 

0800 0853250 

www.unbiased.co.uk 

HM Revenue and Customs 

 

www.hmrc.gov.uk 

Self-assessment
0845 9000444

Tax credits
0845 3003900

ISA's
0845 6041701

 

  

Contracting out
0845 9150150

Child benefit
0845 3021444  


 

 

 

Insurance

 

 

Association of British Insurers (ABI)

0207 6003333 

www.abi.org.uk

British Insurers Brokers Association (BIBA)

0901 8140015 

www.biba.org.uk

 

Investments

 

 

Association of Investment Trust Companies (AITC) 

0207 2825555 

 

www.aitc.co.uk

Association of Private Client Investment Managers and Stockbrokers (APCIMS)

0207 2477080 

www.apcims.co.uk 

Association of Policy Market Makers (APMM) 

0207 7393949 

 

www.apmm.org 

Investment Managers Association (IMA) 

0207 8310898 

 

www.investmentuk.org

IFS ProShare 

01227 818609 

www.ifsproshare.org

 

Legal

 

 

The Law Society of England and Wales

0870 6066575 

www.lawsociety.org.uk

The Law Society of Scotland 

0845 1130018 

www.lawscot.org.uk

 

Older People

 

 

Age Concern England 

0800 009966 

www.ace.org.uk

Age Concern Scotland 

0845 1259732 

www.ageconcernscottland.org.uk .

Help the Aged 

0808 8006565 

www.helptheaged.org.uk.

Life Academy 

01483 301170 

www.life-academy.co.uk

Public Guardianship Office 

0845 3302963 

www.guardianship.gov.uk

Safe Home Income Plans (SHIP)

0870 2416060 

www.ship-ltd.org

The Age of Employment Network 

0207 8431590 

www.taen.org.uk

 

Pensions

 

 

Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) 

0845 6060265

www.thepensionservice.gov.uk  

The Pensions Advisory Service OPAS)

0845 6012923     

www.pensionadvisoryservice.org.uk 

 

Property

 

 

Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) 

0845 3455752  

www.arla.co.uk

Council for Registered Gas Installers (CORGI) 

0870 401220  

www.trustcorgi.com

Electrical Contractors Association (ECA)

0207 3134800 

www.eca.co.uk 

Federation of Master Builders (FMB)

0800 0152522 

www.findabuilder.co.uk

Institute of Plumbing & Heating Engineering

01708 472791 

www.registeredplumber.com 

Land Registry 

0279 178888 

www.landreg.gov.uk.

National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA)

01926 496800

 

www.naea.co.uk

 

Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)

0870 3331600

 

www.rics.org

 

Savings

 

 

British Bankers' Association (BBA)

0207 2168909 

www.bba.org.uk

Building Society Association (BSA)

0207 4370655 

www.bsa.org.uk

Unclaimed Assets Register 

0870 2411713 

www.uar.co.uk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Management Plans

A Debt Management Plan is an informal process of negotiating with your creditors to:

  • Freeze interest
  • Negotiate payment terms
  • Provide peace of mind that you are taking action against your debts

 

Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy was traditionally seen as the ultimate financial humiliation for people with debt problems. but more recently people declare themselves bankrupt for much smaller sums of money. In fact, since 1997 when labour came into power there has been a 100% increase in bankruptcy. Bankruptcy

 

IVA's

The offical debt repayment plan. Reduce your debt by upto 70% , freeze the interest and get legal protection from the companies you owe. IVA's

Trust Deeds

Trust Deeds are dealt with more privately unlike a bankruptcy which is formally published. All interest and charges will stop and after 3 years you are debt free!  Trust Deeds