Moneymagpie

When I worked at the BBC I had a structure to my working day, defined by other people.  I had to turn up to work on time, the rest of the day was dictated by what I had on, but more importantly I had the structure of working within a team.
Fitness was important to me, [...]

Fraudsters are finding new ways to part us from our cash by pretending to be legitimate salespeople on the phone, on the internet and through the post. And that’s as well as the nuisance calls, emails and letters we get from genuine companies that are annoying in themselves. So what can you do to stop [...]

I have just dressed a crab for the first time. A Scottish one. At Billingsgate Fish market in London, which offers the largest selection of fish in the UK. The occasion was courtesy of Seafood Scotland, the umbrella organisation for promoting Scottish Seafood. It was awesome! Part of a day of filleting, gutting, skinning and [...]

It must be because I’m speaking at the Prima Baby Show in February that I am thinking baby goods right now. That and the fact that there are some great offers at Asda for new mums. Here are a few I’ve picked out:

The Lindam Bounce About is a fab plaything for babies and great value [...]

We’re out of recession, officially, which is going to make us (and foreign investors) feel a lot happier about our country and our own personal prospects.
Feeling positive and hopeful is always better than feeling the opposite. It also tends to produce better results given that generally we get in life what we expect…not necessarily what [...]

A Review of the Olympus Voice Recorder VN-5500PC
The latest edition to your pencil case! This month, I have taken on the task of reviewing the digital voice recorder from Olympus. Something I have never considered using through school or university, but actually quite a helpful little device! At first, it was quite strange taking this [...]

Can the City of London kindly stop moping around like a depressed basset hound.  Just a year after we managed to avoid financial Armageddon, the banking system is of course still not fit for purpose, but none-the-less changes and developments are afoot – which is good news. However:
Bad news – it would be foolhardy to [...]

Today (25th January) is the poorest and most miserable day according to several PR companies (so it must be true!).
They have a point – our credit card bills with all the Christmas over-spending have come through; many people were paid before Christmas so it seems a long way to pay day at the end of [...]

Success of an ecommerce enterprise, large or small, rests essentially on three things: Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), content (lots of it and good quality) and links (qualified, both in and outbound).  That’s not all of it by any means but that’s basically it.  You can download a free SEO guide from HOBO SEO which is [...]

This is less a recipe and more a list of leftovers I stuffed into chicken thighs today, for our supper tonight. As I never throw any leftovers away, I always have things in the fridge I can make a delicious stuffing (or quiche filling) out of. Cooked rice, half a pack of Boursin, a chopped [...]