Escape from the New Year Debt Trap

January 13, 2010 · Filed Under Finance, debt, debt management, financial management, loans, personal loans · Comment 

I think there is something rather weird about Christmas. You spend days if not months planning for it – but the day itself disappears in a flash. And every year there is something that comes back to haunt you. This is money – or a lack of it.
There seems to be a [...]

Money Matters

December 30, 2009 · Filed Under financial management, financial protection, insurance · Comment 

There must be nothing more galling than to save money – then find you have lost it through the incompetence of others. Well, apart from seeing people who have never bothered to save money getting all the care they need off the state, whilst those who have savings (and paid tax on their savings) [...]

Money is off abroad

July 7, 2009 · Filed Under Banks, Finance, financial management, money, savings · Comment 

Sorry but I am not in a good mood today. You can blame my savings statement. It arrived in the post this morning – and surprise, surprise, it was not very interesting in more ways than one. What CAN you do with your current account in this mother of all recessions? [...]