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I was planning on using HSBC. Had a look at Cater Allen, but their T&C's require you to be an operating LTD company for at least 6 months & have a minimum of £5K balance. Not sure if an accountantcan get round this??Originally posted by zeitghost4. Introduced me to Flemings (now Cater Allen) for the bank account.Comment
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Join the PCG and you get a special deal with CA that drops the 6 month requirement and also gives you free banking.Originally posted by Badgers ArmpitI was planning on using HSBC. Had a look at Cater Allen, but their T&C's require you to be an operating LTD company for at least 6 months & have a minimum of £5K balance. Not sure if an accountantcan get round this??"Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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Abbey (who own CA IIRC) offer free banking but with the advantage of internet access.Originally posted by DaveBJoin the PCG and you get a special deal with CA that drops the 6 month requirement and also gives you free banking.
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Cash in hand Windows cleaning.Originally posted by zeitghostThat was the deal through Nixon Williams...
Does rather raise the question of how you trade for 6 months without a business bank account...Comment
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and only six weeks and counting for Abbey to transfer the CA account to Abbey.Originally posted by PondlifeAbbey (who own CA IIRC) offer free banking but with the advantage of internet access.
useless TAWTSYour parents ruin the first half of your life and your kids ruin the second halfComment
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i use butterfield
Not too sure what you mean by free? But it has Bacs and Chaps and all those things and Internet banking....--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SA - Is it like a dragons nostril?Comment
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It means they don't charge you for transactions! Or a monthly fee!Originally posted by kramerNot too sure what you mean by free?Comment
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CA doesn't have internet banking but does have v good interest rates
. And free banking up to a number of transactions per month.
"Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. "
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