This Thursday will be my last day in my current part-time role at work. Instead of being a permanent employee on fixed hours, I will be contracting in a different role with the same company. Whilst contracting leaves me open to a variable work load and income, it does have a huge silver lining. I […]
Going to the chapel and we’re gonna get married…… My daughter has been singing this for weeks in preparation for today. Her school are having a big garden party with scones, prosecco and a chocolate fountain to celebrate the royal wedding – with parents invited too. The whole school is singing some wedding themed songs […]
Welcome to the next instalment of my ‘Investing : a woman’s perspective’ series designed to get ordinary women talking about investing. Today’s ‘women who invest’ profile features financial independence seeker Corinna, of Inspiring Life Design. Corinna is really clear on her goal to retire early and is using investing as her tool to achieve this goal. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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