As December approaches, many of us feel the weight of expectation. Regardless of your financial situation the pressure to engage with endless ‘instragrammable’ experiences can consume your December as well as your bank balance. It doesn’t have to be like this, and with a bit of planning it’s entirely possible to have a joyful, debt-free …
With the growing commercialisation of Halloween, it’s also another expense which can cripple an already limited budget and set you on a downward spiral to Christmas.
If an IVA isn’t the right solution for a customer, whether they can’t meet their repayments or they didn’t want to be in it anyway, it’s likely they’ll fail.
Here’s five reasons why now is a great time to review your budget.
We’ve spent the start of the year talking, chatting and advising people who are worried about finances.
thousands of people have had their financial world turned upside down by the pandemic, leaving many really struggling to make ends meet.
Christmas is only a few weeks away, however, and if you haven’t already you’re about to be BOMBARDED with Christmas ads, social media posts and the never ending pressures of keeping up with the Jones’ (Elf on a shelf, or Christmas Eve boxes anyone??) That being said, there is some good groundwork you can do …
Time generally creeps up on us, unless you’re living on a tight budget or overspent early in the month, in which case the crawl towards payday can feel like a drag. As a society we often joke about waiting for the next payday etc, and if you’re online you’ll see endless memes about paydays and …
School holidays are upon us and it’s not realistic to think you won’t spend more over the summer. If you have school-aged children, that’s likely to mean days out, trips, treats and probably some tantrums too
We didn’t want to write *another* cost of living crisis blog, but unfortunately the rising energy, fuel and food prices aren’t going away and it’s highly anticipated that the UK is heading for a recession. Whilst it feels a bit doom and gloom there are positive & proactive things you can do to help your …
There is a natural sense of vulnerability in exposing the truth about one’s finances and it’s this sense of vulnerability that often leads to symptoms of stress and anxiety.
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