Not talked about money and wealth creation for a while but today I heard the BEST answer to the question “How Can I Make Money Quickly?” I’ve ever heard. It totally disrupted my day. I woke up this morning determined to make a start on writing the next series of emails for my auto responder ...…
Do you struggle with money management? Whether you are living on a salary, self employed or running a small business, you are not alone, because many individuals and small business owners do. Money management is not taught in schools although I believe they are starting to teach kids how to balance a cheque book ...…
I’m certainly not in favour of going to college for the sake of it, or doing some subject with no discernable use in the world of work….. But I am very much in favour if you know roughly what you want to do. Not only will you learn the skills but it’s valuable networking for ...…
The BBC reports: “A £20bn government scheme to try to boost bank lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has been launched by the chancellor. Under the National Loan Guarantee Scheme (NLGS), such businesses will be able to access loans with interest rates one percentage point lower than those available outside the initiative. Barclays, Santander, ...…
This last week, I ventured into the world of Crowdfunding via IndieGoGo to try and raise the dosh needed for the Brighton Jazz Festival to put on a great headline act, pay for the PR and provide a cash prize and trophy for the winner of the “New Jazz Composition” competition. I first heard about ...…
Tonight BBC Money continues it’s series on Money & Wealth Creation with a programme about couples and their money. This should be fascinating! Here’s an extract: “The second episode in Vanessa Engle’s three-part documentary series exploring our personal attitudes to money. This film about couples looks at how money affects our personal relationships. The top ...…
Nicola Cairncross says: “I understand my book The Money Gym may be being mentioned on the BBC Money programme “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” tonight at 9pm. It was definitely listed on the BBC News website as one of the “Top 10 Books On Wealth Creation”. If you missed it, you can watch again ...…
Lots of people search on Google “what is a pension” and it’s an interesting question when you stop and think about it. My ex-business partner Judith Morgan has just written a BRILLIANT post about Pensions & Sipps – I urge you to go and read it now –and it got me thinking “What Is A ...…
Leafing through my local paper after my run fast walk earlier, I came across an article about the double dip recession and about how many more people are saying they would really struggle if the economy DID take another dip. A survey from personal finance website unbiased.co.uk says that more than 15 million adults in ...…
As someone who’s rarely been able to raise bank finance for any of my business ideas (hey! a clue right there about their viability!) I’ve been following the story of alternative business finance idea “crowdsourcing” with great interest since Judith Morgan first introduced me to the idea. See below for a roundup of business finance ...…
