According to a recent survey, 31 is the average age of financial maturity for most Brits. In my experience, that sounds about right. But with a caveat that I’ll come to later. By the time I reached that age, we were in our second home – albeit our first true family home – had one …
Disclosure: this is a paid collaboration. Are you saving enough for your kids’ future? I’ll put my hand up straight away and admit that I’m definitely not. I’m far from alone in that though, as recent research by Shepherds Friendly shows. Times are getting harder but there are so many things we have to save …
Disclosure: this is a paid collaboration. However, it includes my opinions and I am also currently looking into whether I have a valid PPI claim. Payment Protection Insurance – or PPI as its more commonly known – is a phrase that has become part of the furniture in recent years. So much so that I …
Saving energy is something that’s in everyone’s interests. From being more environmentally friendly through to being kinder to our pockets, there are plenty of very good reasons to do so. It isn’t always easy though – particularly with kids around! My three keep me on my toes. They’re forever leaving lights on, not to mention …
I’m going to start this post with a confession. I recently realised that I had yet to set up a savings account for Amelie. She is now 19 months old, so this is quite a faux pas on my part. I used to be so organised with things like this but have to admit that …
Both Dylan and Xander love superheroes. So much so, that they’ve been talking about forming a secret group called the Heroes of Power when they’re grown up. Just don’t tell anyone their true identities when they emerge on the scene, okay? With Earth Hour due to take place next week, this gave me an idea. Although …
One thing that most parents hope is that their children will go one better than them. I’m confident that mine will manage to do so. There’s one easy win they can get under their belts for starters. Learning to drive. Despite being old enough to learn for two decades, it has never appealed to me. This …
For my second post looking at Powershop UK, I decided to involve the boys even more. As the service can save people money on their electricity bills, it made sense to do so. Dylan and Xander are forever leaving lights on, as well as the telly and Xbox. It has become a pet peeve of mine, so …
Something that has been on my to do list for too long is saving money on household bills. Electricity in particular. At the moment, we are with one of the biggest providers but I’m sure we can do better elsewhere. With this in mind, I was interested to hear about Powershop UK recently. On the back …
I was very impressed by Compare the Market’s new service, Simples Beta, when I was invited to try it out last year. Since then, further tweaks have been made with a view to making it even more straightforward. If you missed my first post, Simples is a secure and free-to-use portal which has been designed to make …