Student loans shake up
Posted by Cashzilla in lifestyle on 05. Jul, 2006 | 1 Comment
As our regular readers will know, Cashzilla has the occasional rant about student finance, and the difficulties facing todays graduates. Today there is some good news however for those still in the higher education system, as the UK’s higher education minister has just announced new plans to help simplify the application process and the delivery [...]
UK debt on the rise again for the old and young alike
Posted by Cashzilla in lifestyle on 23. Jun, 2006 | 2 Comments
Surprise, surprise. I go away for a while, and there is an announcement from the Consumer Credit Counselling Service that levels of ‘extreme debt’ in the UK are worsening. Now I don’t want to draw any obvious connection there, but the timing seems a bit coincidental don’t you think. Well now I [...]
Saving money the easy way
Posted by Cashzilla in lifestyle on 05. May, 2006 | No Comments
Income < expenditure = debtIncome > expenditure = savings
Simple to say but harder to live by. The easiest way to try to make this a reality, is to always imagine you make less money than you actually do. If you have an income of £15k then spend your money as if you actually [...]
FSA to tackle lack of financial knowledge in the UK – about time too.
Posted by Cashzilla in lifestyle on 28. Mar, 2006 | No Comments
At last the Financial Services Authority (FSA) is trying to tackle the problems that have been generated through a lack of consumer knowledge, particularly amongst the 18-40 age group, especially relating to savings, student loans, and debt matters.
According to an FSA spokeman, “Today’s 18-40 year olds are faced with greater challenges than were faced by [...]
Fuel for thought
Posted by Cashzilla in lifestyle on 16. Mar, 2006 | 2 Comments
If you are anything like me, and I don’t mean a two ton, one million year old money obsessed dinosaur, then you will be confused as to why petrol from one filling station costs up to 5p a litre more than one that is 50 yards down the road, and you will be annoyed as [...]
UK consumers regaining control of runaway levels of personal debt
Posted by Cashzilla in lifestyle on 12. Jan, 2006 | 2 Comments
The UK in recent years has seen a massive growth in the levels of personal debt and thanks to increases in secured loans corresponding to a strengthening of the housing market; it does not appear to be slowing down. Recent figures from Creditaction show that since the end of 1993 when debt level were [...]
Cashzilla gets offered lead role in t.v production…
Posted by Cashzilla in lifestyle, web on 24. Nov, 2005 | No Comments
Ahem … ok not quite. But we were contacted by a t.v production company yesterday about our blog and the slightly unstable minds behind it (I’m speaking for myself Rich).
“Attempted humour”
Naturally there aren’t many personalfinanosauri out there, but we were chuffed to pieces to be spotted by t.v people.
You heard it here first people.
Autographs provided [...]
Not finance related
Posted by Cashzilla in lifestyle on 08. Sep, 2005 | No Comments
I know this is also not finance related, but regular readers will know that a certain dinosaur likes chocolates – see What £1.1 trillion of debt actually means. I have recently found out that the cult Texan “mighty chew” bar has returned!! Too cool. I remember having tooth fillings removed by these babies when I [...]
Sometimes there are good reasons why men are single….
Posted by Guest Dino in lifestyle on 08. Sep, 2005 | 1 Comment
Ok, I know I know, it’s a personal finance blog – and this isn’t strictly finance, or actually finance related at all, but I just had to comment – really I did!
One of my many duties as a personalfinanosaurus is to write articles which I distribute on the internet. I was posting an article on [...]
To the gentleman in front of me in the clothes shop at Ocean Terminal
Posted by Cashzilla in lifestyle on 02. Sep, 2005 | 2 Comments
Sucker.
I’m sorry, but it had to be said.
Let me explain.
I went to this particular clothes shop this lunchtime to buy my grandpa a shirt for his birthday – he’s 93 you know. Standing in front of me in the queue to pay was a young-ish guy who was also buying a shirt.
As he handed [...]
