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When To Ask For a Pay Rise
It’s been a long, long six years since 2008, which for many of you might have been the last time you had an over inflation pay rise. For some people reading this blog, it might have been the last time you had a pay rise at all. Between 2010-2013 real wages overall...
Use Your ISA Allowance Or Lose It
The phrase “use it or lose it” is very relevant to ISAs. As of April 6th 2015 you have 366 days to save up to £15,240 in your ISA. Even though 2016 is a leap year, giving you an extra day to achieve this, it’s recommended to get off the starting blocks quickly. Let’s...
Simple Steps For Making Better Decisions Today
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House Prices, Pensions and the Recovery
In the past few months the clouds have parted, the gloom has lifted, and Britain is booming. Unemployment is down, investment over the past three years is up, and all is well. The recession is over and no one needs to worry about anything. The relentless upbeat...
Financial Tips For Debt-Burdened Graduates
The late, great, Rik Mayall and his fellow Young Ones lived in a very different era from modern students. While the trials and tribulations of house sharing may ring familiar bells, the financial landscape facing the modern student is very different to that of their...
The Ombudsman – The Consumer’s Champion
While the Financial Standards Authority might have become a familiar name, it is now no more. As of April 2013 regulation of the financial services industry was divided between the Financial Policy Committee (FPC), Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) and Financial...
Beating The Breadline
Marie Antoinette was probably framed. The infamous comment “Let them eat cake” was almost certainly a corruption of a remark made by a previous French queen. Nevertheless the lack of bread was one reason why Marie Antoinette lost her head in 1793. A hundred years...
Is Now The Time To Review Your Mortgage?
While the favourite topic of conversation in the UK may be the weather, the housing market must certainly be hot on its heels. Whether it's house prices, the level of deposit needed, or the ins and outs of mortgages; there's always something to discuss. Right now...
