* GRO Price increases

[philjo]

GRO have announced changes to their prices from 6th April.

Certificate prices will be raised to £9.25
This will be the standard price for all orders, both online & postal & also applies if the reference number is not known.

If you order from a local register office, it will cost you £9, so 25p cheaper than GRO.

http://www.ips.gov.uk/cps/rde/xchg/ips_ ... l/1569.htm




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[davidm_uk]

A 32% price hike...are they expecting us to clear the national debt all on our own [cry]

[philjo]

Message on GRO website:

Customers are asked to please note that there will be a change to the GRO fee structure which will take effect from 6 April 2010. Further details can be found on the IPS website at http://www.ips.gov.uk. Please note in addition that GRO have reviewed the range of services which we currently offer. We have been advised that there is no clear remit in statute for charging for a service to check additional index references, or to retain partial fees. In order to ensure full legal compliance, and in view of the fact that we cannot afford to offer this service free of charge, we are regretfully withdrawing our reference checking service from 6 April. This will include the withdrawal of the 'checking points'.

So if you need a certificate for a name such as John Smith order it now whilst you can still enter checking points !!!