by Steve | Feb 6, 2019 | Mortgages, News, Personal Finance
Getting a mortgage can often reduce monthly outgoings significantly when compared with paying monthly rent on a similar property. And unlike rent, the money you’re paying is actually helping you to acquire a valuable asset. It’s no wonder that climbing the...
by Steve | Jun 8, 2018 | Credit Cards, News, Personal Finance
Whether you pay by chip and pin or through contactless payments on your mobile phone, the chances are that most of your transactions are made without physical cash ever being present. While this is excellent for convenience, it does mean that people leave themselves...
by Steve | Feb 9, 2018 | News, Personal Finance, Saving Money, Shopping
Do you ever think you’re paying a bit too much for your shopping? Even when you buy a supermarket’s own-brand, it still feels like your bank account’s taken a wallop. Sure, you could plump for the supermarket’s dirt cheap ‘value’...
by Steve | Oct 27, 2017 | Credit Cards, Debt, Personal Finance, Saving
Making our money work for us can be tricky, right? And even while we do our best – getting the right savings account, and not immediately flashing the card and buying that jacket we’ve had our eye on for ages – sometimes we don’t make it easy on ourselves....
by Steve | Aug 24, 2017 | News, Pensions, Personal Finance
Say goodbye to those unwanted pension salesmen calling you up at all hours of the day – the Government has announced a crackdown on the scams which have cost thousands of savers tens of millions of pounds. The ban on cold-calling and unsolicited text messages and...