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A
Abbey National
ABN AMRO Bank
Accessible Banking
Accident Management Association
Accountancy~Chartered Institute of Public Finance and
Accountants in England and Wales~Institute of Chartered
Accountants in Ireland~Institute of Chartered
Accountants in Scotland~Institute of Chartered
Accountants~Association of Chartered Certified
Accountants~Chartered Institute of Management
Accountants~Institute of Financial
Accounting Association~British
Accounting Technicians~Association of
Acts of Parliament
Advertising Association
Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)
Age Concern England
Aged~Help the
Alliance & Leicester
American Express
Arbitrators~Chartered Institute of
Assembly~Scottish
Assembly~Welsh
Associations~Directories of
Auditors (UK)~Institute of Internal
B
Baby Mailing Preference Service
Bank Advisory Service~Independent (IBAS)
Bank for International Settlements
Bank of England
Bank of Scotland
Bank Sort Codes
Bankers Almanac
Bankers Association~British (BBA)
Bankers Automated Clearing Services (BACS)
Bankers Draft
Bankers~Chartered Institute of (CIB)
Banking Code & Business Banking Code Review 2004
Banking Code Standards Board (BCSB)
Banking Ombudsman
Banking Services Consumer Codes Review Group
Banking Supervision~EU Committee for
Banking~Treasury Select Committee on
Bankruptcy Association
Banks and Building Societies on the Net
Bar Council
Barclays Bank
Bertl
Better Regulation Task Force
Blind Business Association Ltd - BBA #
Book-Keepers~International Association of
British Retail Consortium
Building Societies Association
Building Societies Investor Protection Scheme
Building Societies Members Association
Building Societies' Ombudsman
Building Societies~Save Our
Building~Chartered Institute of
Business Recovery Professionals~Association of
C
Cabinet Office
Callcredit plc
Carbon Monoxide (CO) Support
Chambers of Commerce
Charities Aid Foundation
Charity Commission for England and Wales
Cheque Cashers' Association~British (BCCA)
Child Support Agency Examiner
CIFAS
Citizens' Advice Bureau~National Association of (NACAB)
Claims & Underwriting Exchange (CUE)
Claims Handlers~Assoc of British
Community Banking Services~Campaign for
Companies House
Company reports - in UK libraries
Competition Commission
complain2us
Compliance
Compliance Association~International
Computer Society~British
Consumer Centre - Dublin~European
Consumer Commission~Australian Competition and
Consumer Council~National (NCC)
Consumer Council~Scottish
Consumer Council~Welsh
Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS)
Consumer Credit Trade Association
Consumer Information Center~US
Consumer Information Gateway~Canadian
Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000
Consumers Association~Australian
Consumers Association~UK
Consumo~Estudios de (CG-Spain)
Conveyancers~Council for Licensed
Copier Buyers' Bureau
Council ~ local authority websites
Court judgments
Court of Appeal decisions
Court Service
Credit Card Research Group
Credit Institutions (Ireland)~Ombudsman for the
Credit Services Association (CSA)
Cruickshank Contact Details
Cruse Bereavement Care
Customs & Excise
D
Data Protection Act
Data Protection Registrar
DataMonitor
Debt on our Doorstep
Department for Constitutional Affairs
Department for Work and Pensions
Direct Credits
Direct Debits
Direct Marketing Association (DMA)
Directors~Institute of
Disability Rights Commission (DRC)
Dispute Resolution~Centre for (CEDR)
DTI
E
Early Day Motion (EDM)
Economics Foundation~New
e-Envoy~Office of the
egg:
Electoral Commission
Email Preference Service
Enemy Property
energywatch
Engineering Employers' Federation (EEF)
Environment Food and Rural Affairs~Department for
ePolitix
Equifax
Estate Agents Ombudsman
Euro
Europay
Europe~Ombudsmen in
European Business Registry
European Central Bank (ECB)
European Patent Office
European Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee
European Union
Experian
F
Factors and Discounters Association Ltd (FDA)
Fannie Mae
Fax Preference Service
Federal Trade Commission (US)
Finance & Leasing Association (FLA)
Finance~The Alliance for (AFF)
Financial Innovation~Centre for the Study of (CSFI)
Financial Ombudsman Service
Financial Services Authority (FSA)
Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS)
Financial Services Consumer Panel (FSCP)
Financial Services~Institute of (IFS)
Financial Times (FT)
Food and Drugs Administration. (FDA) (US)
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Foresight Committee
Freddie Mac
Funeral Ombudsman
G
Gas and Electricity Markets~Office of (OFGEM)
Genetics
Gibraltar Ombudsman
Giro~Alliance & Leicester
Glossaries
Government
Government Documents
Green Flag
Guernsey Banks~Association of
Guernsey Financial Services Commission
Guernsey International Business Association
H
Halifax
Hansard Society
Health Service Ombudsmen
Holiday Travelwatch
Home Office
Housing Association Ombudsman Scotland
Housing Ombudsman~Independent
HSBC Bank
I
ICSTIS
IFA Promotions
Independent Complaints Reviewer
Industry~Confederation of British
Information Commissioner~Office of the
Inland Revenue
Inland Revenue Adjudicator
Insolvency Practitioners Association
Insolvency Service
Insurance Brokers' Association~British (BIBA)
Insurance Brokers Registration Council (IBRC)
Insurance Brokers~Institute of (IIB)
Insurance Customers of Ukraine~Association of
Insurance Intermediaries & Brokers~Assoc of (AIIB)
Insurance Lawyers~Forum of (FOIL)
Insurance Ombudsman
Insurance Ombudsman (Ireland)
Insurance Standards Council~General (GISC)
Insurers~Association of British (ABI)
Intellectual Property
Invest UK
Investment Ombudsman
Investopedia.com
Irish Government
J
junk mail.org
Just Ask!
K-L
Land Registry
Law Express Ltd
Law Society (England & Wales)
Law Society (Scotland)
Law Society of Northern Ireland
Law~Society for Computers and
Legal Action Group
Legal Cases~Swarbricks
Legal Executives~Institute of
Legal Services Commission
Legal Services Ombudsman
Legal Services Ombudsman (Scotland)
Legal Studies~Institute of Advanced (IALS)
Legislation
Litigation In Person Society
Lloyd's of London
Lloyds TSB
Local Government Ombudsmen
Lord Chancellor's Department
Loss Adjusters~Chartered Institute of
M
Mail Order Traders Association
Mailing Preference Services
Mailwasher
Management Institute~Chartered
Marketing~Chartered Institute of
MasterCard
MCL Software Ltd
Medical Association~British (BMA)
MEP's
MissingFortunes.com
Mondex
Money Management Council (MMC)
Mortgage Borrowers~Association of
Mortgage Code Compliance Board
Mortgage Lenders~Council Of
Mortgage Possession Statistics
Mortgage Victims Action Group~Shared Appreciation
Mortgage Victims~National Association of
MP~Fax Your
MPs
Mutual Interest Campaign
N
National Debtline
National Savings
National Statistics~Office for
National Westminster Bank
Nationwide Building Society
NCIS
Netdoctor
Northern Ireland - Ombudsmen
O
Ofcom
Office of Economic Competition (Hungary)
Office of Fair Trading (OFT)
Ombudsman Association (BIOA)~ British and Irish
P
Parliament~Scottish
Parliament~UK
Parliamentary Ombudsman
Parliamentary Ombudsman: - Scotland
Patent Office and Trademarks
Payment Clearing Services~Association for (APACS)
Pension Surveys
Pensions and Social Insurance~Centre for (Birkbeck College, London)
Pensions and Welfare Policies~Center for Research on (CERP) (University of Turin)
Pensions A-Z (Plain English Campaign)
Pensions Ombudsman
Pensions~Occupational
Personal Finance Education Group (PFEG)
pfrc
PIA (Personal Investment Authority) Ombudsman
Political Parties~Register of
Post Office ~ Consignia ~ Royal Mail
Premium Bonds
Prisons and Probation Ombudsman
Pro Bono Group~Bar
Pro Bono Group~Solicitors
Q-R
Registry Trust Ltd
Repossession Page~The Home
Restore UK
Risk Analysis and Management for Projects (RAMP)
Risk Analysis Centre
Risk and Insurance Studies~University of Nottingham Centre for
Royal Bank of Scotland
Royal Society
Royal Sun Alliance Action Group (RSAAG)
S
Secretaries and Administrators~Institute of Chartered
Shareholders Association~UK (UKSA)
SIFA
Social Exclusion Unit
Solicitors~Office for the Supervision of
SPICE
Stable Currencies~Forum for
Stationery Office~HM (HMSO)
Statistical Society~Royal
Stonebridge
Subsidence Adviser
Supreme Court Costs' Office
Suzy Lamplugh Trust
SWIFT
Switch Card Services
T
Tax Buddies Ltd
Telecommunications~Office Of (Oftel)
Telephone Preference Service
Television Commission~Independent
Thumbs Up Security Ltd
Trades Union Congress
Trading Standards~Inst of
Travel Agents~Association of British (ABTA)
Travel Ins Intermediaries~Ass of (ATII)
Treasury~H M
Trust and Estate Practitioners~Society of
Trust~Prince's
U
UKonline.gov.uk
Unclaimed Assets Register
V
ViRSA
Visa
W
Wales~The National Assembly for
Waterways Ombudsman
Watkin Davies Insurance Consultants Limited
Welsh Administration Ombudsman
Welsh Development Agency
Woolwich
Work Foundation
World Bank
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