Now that the New Year is properly in full swing, I have decided to finally get my finances in order. I’m pretty skint after Christmas and it is a fairly common New Years resolution, so I know I’m not alone. However, it wasn’t until last night when I was sitting on the sofa, smugly [...]
January 10, 2012
The commute to work can be a nightmare. A lot of people choose to live outside of the city for a variety of reasons such as wanting to live in a bigger house, the can’t afford to live in the city, or they just simply want to live out in the sticks. While the [...]
January 7, 2012
It’s a new year, and what better time to make new a fresh goals for the future? Thousands of people make the same money-saving resolutions. But how many of us stick to them? I’ll admit it: if I don’t see fast results in my savings account, I lose focus and stop trying. Realistically though, [...]
January 6, 2012
I just found out that one of my Christmas presents was bought using a smart phone. It was a case of the item that was being hunted down was out of stock so a quick jump online via the phone and the present was purchased with next day delivery. This must be a worry [...]
January 5, 2012
Ever dreamed of buying a house? Well you’re a crazy fool and you should lower your ambitions. Houses are for people with huge sums of cash in reserve. If you don’t own a house now then you probably never will so just deal with it. What’s that? You want a flat. Well sure you [...]
January 5, 2012
When I think of gold mining I generally always conjure up images of toothless prospectors trying to strike it rich in the California Gold Rush. I see checked shirts, sun-beaten faces, pick axes and sticks of dynamite. It’s quite incredible how powerfully popular media has influenced my perceptions of this industry. One place I’d [...]
January 4, 2012
In this third edition of our monthly Case Study, we bring you ThirtyThree a recruitment organisation, part of the OneAgent global network. The London and Bristol based organisation, has a range of clients including the National Trust, Starbucks and many blue-chip companies and carries out campaigns such as the RBS graduate campaign and the ITV [...]
January 3, 2012
So the Christmas tree and decorations are down, you have cleared away all that drink from new year, well what is left of it anyway (!) and made your new years resolutions… then the credit card bill comes in! Panic! Did you really need to buy all that? Did you treat yourself too much? [...]
January 2, 2012
One of the best parts of a New Year is getting to predict what lies ahead. Every January 1st, my family and I make predictions about what our friends and other relatives will get up to in the following year. Then, one year later we read our old predictions and see if we were [...]
December 30, 2011
Here are some video financial updates from December to get you updated before the New Year. A financial and economic update for the end of 2011…
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January 11, 2012
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