20th Feb 2020
A pre-nup agreement might seem thoroughly unromantic – both Prince William and Prince Harry refused one for their royal marriages. However, as more than 100,000 couples get divorced in the UK each year, perhaps it’s not such a bad idea. We’ll take you through the pros and cons of pre-nuptial agreements and help you decide…
20th Feb 2020
When the financial markets are volatile – and when your own finances are particularly under pressure – the prospect of getting a cheaper loan can seem daunting. It’s an important decision to make, and it’s worth taking your time to shop around to be sure you don’t get caught in a downward spending spiral battling…
20th Feb 2020
Getting parking tickets is annoying and expensive. Parking tickets (otherwise known as Penalty Charge Notices) are a great source of income for local councils and private parking companies, but many parking fines are charged unfairly. If you think you shouldn’t have had a PCN, you can appeal and get it quashed. Read our guide on…
20th Feb 2020
Running and owning a car is quickly becoming un-affordable for lots of people. If you add up the costs of breakdown cover, insurance, servicing and maintaining a car, you’ll see how much of a dent in your wallet it makes. And with the rising cost of living taking its toll we need to make savings…
16th Feb 2020
Want to know how to save on your phone bills? If your phone bills are eating away at your monthly budget, it’s time to get them under control. With our top ten tips you can save on your phone bills and even get calls for free! Change provider Use an override provider Is pay-as-you-go right…
13th Feb 2020
Why should I be collecting Bakelite? What’s so special about it? Bakelite is the vintage ‘material of a thousand uses’, once popular with jewellers and consumer products makers. Its use spans a huge range of domestic applications. Examples include buttons, telephones and television sets. Now Bakelite, the precursor to modern plastics, has proved itself to…
13th Feb 2020
Want to keep your kids entertained this summer without spending a penny? Help them get a summer job! Kids can make money in all sorts of ways. You’ll need to use your own judgement in assessing how mature your child is and how ready they are to take on the responsibility. Young children shouldn’t be…
13th Feb 2020
There are so many unusual creative ways to make money these days. Indeed, the UK’s creative industries are now worth over £100 billion per year to the UK economy. We’re amazingly creative as a nation, with world-leading entertainers, architects, designers and more. That means you, by the way….you are innately creative and being a Brit,…
9th Feb 2020
Paying into a pension in your 20s will make a huge difference to your future. Yet, over 10% of women and 8% of men aged 20-29 opt out of their workplace pension scheme. If you’re one of them, it’s time to reconsider: sacrificing some cash now will make you RICH in retirement. From compound returns…
7th Feb 2020
With the climate crisis high on the news agenda and sustainable fashion enjoying a real moment, these days more couples are considering the planet when planning their special day. For lots of couples an eco-wedding is not only kinder to the environment and more personal, but also cheaper too. It sounds to us like planning…
5th Feb 2020
Bankruptcy isn’t just a big corporation’s worst nightmare. You’ve probably heard of celebrities who owed more than they could afford to pay and went bankrupt – such as Katie Price, declared bankrupt just before Christmas 2019. Bankruptcy is a legal process by which your assets of any value are sold off to pay your creditors…
5th Feb 2020
Are you sick of reading money terms that mean absolutely nothing to you? Quite right – don’t put up with it any longer! Here’s our (not at all definitive) finance and banking glossary with all those confusing money terms explained, so that you can understand what it’s all about! money terms Accountant: Professional number-cruncher….
