Why wont a civil servant look out of the window in the morning? Because they would have nothing to do in the afternoon!
Why are they called Civoil Servants? They are neither Civil nor servile
Seriously, I have had cause to spend long hours on the Telephone in Newcastle regarding my very complex Tax and Pension scenario, wont bore anyone with all details of Expatriate return, sale of a business, naturalisation proof, etc etc. but I did find them incredibly helpful an they even gave me DDI numbers to call them on! I questioned a lot of things, one of which was cheques -- and they did tell me they are only half way through a massive modernisation and reorganisation and they would be fully integrating with VOCA. (handles all bank transfers in UK and a lot of Europe -- possibly even Turkey!)
Have to say massive improvement!
Sorry about your chequwe to UK problem, anyone you can post it to? How man y Efes is that?