We can all manage our money better, it's just knowing how.
This blog aims to provide a common sense approach to the community to manage their personal finances better.
It should not be treated as financial advice and it is not related to the regulated financial products offered
by Fund Ourselves
Following this year’s COP26, we are all aware of how important it is to make every effort to protect our fragile environment and be more sustainable in everything we do.
Christmas is a time of joy and generosity, but it is also a time of big spending. From big Christmas dinners to expensive décor and presents, Christmas can put you into debt that you spend most of next year to get out of.
We all hope that Covid is finally on the way out, and not going to ruin another Christmas.
But we shouldn’t forget that it is not the only threat to our own and our family’s health over winter.
As the winter months approach, we may need to consider cranking up the heat throughout the day, which can have a significant influence on our energy use, heating expenses, and carbon footprint.
There’s no shortage of advice being dispensed about money — how to make it, manage it, and increase it — thanks to personal finance websites, money pundits on television, and feedback from family, friends, and even your neighbours.
A card scam occurs when criminals deceive you into using your bank card to make a payment under false pretences. They can be quite intricate, but if you’re caught off guard, they can be catastrophic.
How to spot a scam.
We all think we are savvy enough not to fall for a scam – but every single person who lost their money – or even their life savings or pension – to a scammer thought exactly the same thing.
We all have a tendency to forget the practicalities when romance is in the air. We want to be generous and shower our loved one with gifts - but the fact is that our cash (unlike our love) always has some very severe limits.
Rent or mortgage, power, council tax, food, the car – the bills keep on coming in. it is all too easy to find that your available cash does not quite cover them all.
This blog aims to provide a common sense approach to the community to manage their personal finances better.
It should not be treated as financial advice and it is not related to the regulated financial products offered
by Fund Ourselves
