Useful contacts
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If you are on benefits, to check if work pays
- Local Jobs and Benefits Office or Social Security Office (Northern Ireland)
See phone book
www.dsdni.gov.uk - Citizens Advice Bureau (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
See phone book
www.citizensadvice.org.uk (England and Wales)
www.citizensadvice.co.uk (Northern Ireland)
Your rights at work/flexible working
- Your union
- Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) (Great Britain)
Tel: 08457 474 747
www.acas.org.uk - www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Employees (Great Britain)
- www.direct.gov.uk (Great Britain)
To find an independent financial adviser
To find an accountant
See phone book
To compare personal pensions
- FSA Comparison tables
www.fsa.gov.uk/tables
Advice on starting and running a business
Registering a new business
Courses in business skills
- Learn Direct (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
Tel: 0800 101 901
www.learndirect.co.uk
www.learndirect.co.uk/northernireland
New Deal for Lone Parents and New Deal for Partners
- Local Jobs and Benefits Office or Social Security Office (Northern Ireland)
See phone book
www.dsdni.gov.uk
To find about local childcare
- Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales
www.csiw.wales.gov.uk/dataviewer/index.asp - Scottish Childcare
www.scottishchildcare.gov.uk
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