April Fool’s day for savers

April 1, 2010 · Filed Under Investment, health insurance, insurance, pension · Comment 

Every year there is a flurry of adverts extolling the virtue of maximising your tax allowance on savings. And every year I wonder if anyone falls for it. I mean – are you really beating the tax man if you pile any spare cash into low interest accounts? And who actually has [...]

At Home in the Philippines

Holiday time is here and this year seems to be the year for travel bargains. So I leafed through the Sunday Times holiday section over a cup of coffee this morning – and glory be, bargains everywhere. But tucked away amongst the usual cheap deals to places and more expensive faraway places, one [...]