When is going without, the right thing to do, in order to save for tomorrow? Well according to Abbey Saving’s customers, that time…isn’t now. Statistics released by Abbey Savings show 20% of parents with young children have no more than…
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Every year, we talk about it, and now it’s time to talk about it again – Christmas budgeting! Too many presents to buy, too many guests for lunch and not enough money in the pot. Well, at least this year,…
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As a parent, I know and understand the sacrifices that come as 2nd nature to your children; putting at least one human being’s needs before your own. And when the going gets tough, we still put our children’s needs first,…
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It seems the recession has started playing funny you know what’s with our heads! News this week confirms people around the UK are more worried about getting burgled than they are about failing to meet their mortgage payments and consequently…
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Apparently not! Aviva Insurance Group have confirmed 40 million people in the UK plan to scrap their budget lifestyles and return to their more relaxed form of spending as soon as the recession is over and their disposable incomes recover.…
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The summer of 2008 was what I would call, the summer of denial. No one could see the oncome of the “crunch” and even if they did, they closed their eyes to it, hoping it would go away. But of…
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