Today is Small Business Saturday. Launched in 2010, it has grown from a grass-roots campaign encouraging consumers to ‘shop local’, into an annual event that has reached millions and raises awareness of the crucial importance of small businesses. What started as a single day in the US in 2011 has grown in to a great success story. […]
Investing Basics Series: The Difference Between Saving and Investing In this ‘Investing Basics’ Series, rather than jumping in at the deep end, I am focusing on simple topics and generating discussion around them, to help frame an understanding of WHY investing is so important. Today I am talking about the difference between saving and investing. […]
People working in the emergency services, NHS, social care and armed forces will have access to over 30 special discounts for Black Friday on 29 November – released at 6am GMT. If you know someone who this applies to, share this article with them and say thank you for their dedication. Deals can only be […]
The Christmas decorations are in full swing in the shops and it won’t be long before the tunes are blaring out too I imagine. This week I thought I would pull together my top tips to help reduce Christmas spending. After all, we want to enjoy the festive season but come out the other side on […]
I speak to a lot of people who say that budgeting just doesn’t work for them. They’ve tried and failed in the past to stick to a budget, and think they need a different way of managing their money. If you’re serious about getting in control of your money and changing your behaviours, then you […]
As a family, we always travel in my car. I love my trusty Honda CR-V. It’s got the kids car seats in, and is a family size car with plenty of boot space for all the million things which I carry around – just in case. We have a second car which my husband uses […]
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