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Archive for July, 2009

NHS vs private physiotherapy – and BUPA vs Cigna

I have had multiple sessions of physiotherapy over the years for various joint problems. I’ve experienced both NHS and private physiotherapy. For my private physiotherapy I've dealt with both BUPA and Cigna. NHS vs private physiotherapy If you need physiotherapy you have two basic choices, you can either try to get it for free on the NHS [...]

Stopping junk post, annoying phone calls, and unwanted faxes

Stopping junk post, annoying phone calls, and unwanted faxes

If you are in the UK and receive unsolicited post, phone calls or faxes there are several services you can sign up with to reduce these unwanted disturbances to your life. There is the telephone preference service, the fax preference service, and the mailing preference service. There is also a baby mailing preference service if you receive baby [...]

Telephone call log spreadsheet

It can be well worth keeping a log of phone calls to companies such as banks, utility companies and anyone else who you have an account with. You never know when it could be useful to have this information. For example this week I received some unsolicited credit card cheques from Natwest. I have previously been sent these by Natwest and I [...]