As children grow up, there comes a point where you want to give them some financial independence. Are you wondering how best to allow your child the freedom to buy things themselves? How to monitor what they spend? And where they spend it? How to make sure it isn’t spent on things you don’t want […]
Welcome to the third profile in my ‘Investing : a woman’s perspective’ series designed to get ordinary women interested in investing. This week features self-confessed ‘scaredy cat’ investors – frugal lifestyle blogging twins Jo and Leisa from Joleisa. Firstly, tell us about yourself? We are Jo and Leisa, twin 51-year-old teachers who live in Birmingham. […]
It’s almost a year since I last wrote about my experience of switching gas and electricity to a cheaper provider. At that time, I switched to a fixed tariff with npower which finishes at the end of this month. Compared to our car insurance comparison, which I battled through last week with gritted teeth, I […]
Please be aware that any form of stock market investment can go up and down over time. You may want to consider advice from a qualified financial advisor before opening a Stocks and Shares ISA. Most of us would like to have more money, am I correct? It’s true that money doesn’t buy happiness but […]
Welcome to the second profile in my ‘Investing : a woman’s perspective’ series designed to get ordinary women interested in investing. This week features a relatively new investor of the past few months – social entrepreneur and working mother of two young boys, Jennifer Kempson. You can find Jennifer over at Mamafurfur. Firstly, tell us about […]
City breaks are all the rage at the moment. Cities are bustling and energetic, with plenty of free and cheap things to see and do. If you want to avoid expensive hotels and package holidays, it really is possible to do a short break in an affordable way. But if you’ve never been on a city break […]
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