"Vir Campestris" wrote

Bob Hobden wrote:
The only way is a Standing Order sending money from your Bank A/c to
theirs, and not all Banks do SOs these days. Certainly a lot of the
"new" Banks, ex Building Societies, don't.

How do you send regular payments to someone who isn't a trader? I'm
thinking landlords...


If your Bank does Standing Orders then you find out the landlords Bank
Account details, Bank Address, Sort Code, and account number and name (all
of which is on a cheque so not secret) and set it up. If you do online
Banking then you can do it yourself or you will need to see someone in the
Bank. A good idea to ask the landlord what reference to put on the payment
to ease their accounting.

A standing order is where your Bank sends money on a regular basis from your
account to the recipients account at your instruction. A Direct Debit is
where the recipient claims the money from your account, and they have to be
a large company or trader with known integrity and all sorts of indemnities
in place to get permission to do such things. The two methods have the same
effect but it starts from different ends.
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Regards. Bob Hobden.
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