Competitive saving!
Here’s one for Mr Micawber. According to the charity Consumer Credit Counselling Service, debtors are having to work until Wednesday afternoon just to earn enough to service their debts. Talk about the...
View ArticleCan you feel the cuts?
As the cuts begin to bite I’m beginning to hear ever more fiendish and creative ways for people to find themselves “down-sized”. One friend was invited to re-apply for her job (she wasn’t aware that...
View ArticlePiggybank Raid!
As someone whose own finances this month make Greece’s financial problems look like Aristotle Onassis’s, I was fascinated to read that 57% of parents raid their children’s piggy banks when running...
View ArticleSaving money abroad!
I’m back home after a whirlwind hen weekend in Brussels with the bride-to-be and her seven hens. A fabulous time was had by all, and thanks to some genius and astute planning on behalf of Kathy, the...
View ArticleCould you save £8000?
I was really cheered up this morning by Hilary Osborne’s frank and fearless confession in the Guardian that despite the dire warnings that a newborn baby would rock your finances by about £9000, she...
View ArticleHow To Save Money on Food
A new national survey from the consumer champion Which? has found that 84 per cent of people are worried about the rising cost of food and as a result have reduced their spending on groceries. With 39...
View ArticleFree Summer Activities for Kids
I don’t know about you but the summer holidays are killing my budget and we’re not even going anywhere this year. So far this morning (and bear in mind it’s only 11.20 am) I have spent £3 on parking,...
View ArticleGuest Blogpost by Jasmine Birtles
You want to save for your children’s future don’t you? You want them to have at least some cash in the bank to help them pay off their student loan / put a deposit on a house / get a start on some sort...
View ArticleSave or Spend?
I was relatively lackadaisical with money until I had children, and between leaving my parents’ home and creating our own family home I temporarily put the mantra of delayed gratification that had been...
View ArticleGo Green Week 2015: Let’s teach our kids to respect the Earth
It’s very important to teach children to respect nature and the environment, because we hope that they will be the ones able to change the many things that unfortunately do not work today. Children...
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