Many people dream of working overseas, but you should seek financial advice “before boarding the plane”, says Emma Simon in The Sunday Telegraph. Aside from the obvious concerns – working out whether you can afford …
You could walk up to a guy with a spider’s web tattooed on his neck and offer an unsolicited critique on his selection of face studs, or you could invest in property; in either case, …
Employers’ Pension Contributions The rules regarding tax relief on employer pension contributions in particular for owner/manager businesses have, since A-Day, been somewhat clouded by the Revenue’s interpretation of the wholly and exclusive rules. The tax …
In the summer of 2005, hundreds of thousands of people – a total of around 20% of the mortgage market – remortgaged to take out two-year, fixed-rate deals. This was absolutely the right thing to …
Those who would prefer us not to worry about inflation like to point out that in absolute terms today’s inflation rates are tiny. Think back to the 1970s, they say. Then prices rose at double-digit …
Financiers have, over a long period of improving economic conditions, dramatically loosened their criteria. In the early stages loans are prudently arranged. However, strict credit criteria limited their business growth. It was only a matter …
I HAVE been out and about discussing money a lot over the past few weeks, promoting my new book on women’s attitudes to cash, and time and again the conversation has returned to how everyone …
When the press turned on Anya Hindmarch’s “I’m Not a Plastic Bag” the criticism focused on the fact that the bags were not ethically produced. This rather missed the point of what was really wrong …
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Following the bungled auction of our gold reserves, nobody in their right mind would entrust investments to the Treasury. But with a quarter of child trust fund (CTF) vouchers still not invested, many parents are …