Bank switching: Put money in your pocket
When it comes to popularity contests, bankers aren’t going to be near the top of the list for many of us. A taxpayer-funded bailout in the recession still has us seething, and it feels like our reward in the years since has simply been dire interest on our savings and shocking service. Indeed, average rates on savings have plummeted by more than 4 per cent in the last decade, causing misery for those of us with money in the bank. It’s...
Just a little help when you need it.
It’s 24 years this year (in a few short weeks, actually) that Mr LittleStuff and I got married. Twenty Four Years. Firstly, I am in no way old enough to own that kind of marriage number. Yes, I got married when I was VERY young. No, really! Secondly – oh how things have changed… and stayed the same… It wasn’t long after we were married that Mr LittleStuff lost his job, I’d never got on in the first...
The Most Successful Women in the Stock Market
When most people think of the stock market, they think of men on the trading floor, shouting and chaos… that’s the way it always is in Hollywood right? But there is a lot more to the stock market today than just the trading floor on Wall Street; and not only are computers and internet access more important to trading than anything else, but more and more women (I know, shocker – you never see a WOMAN...
Gorgeous Spring Bright Flip Flops – are your toes out yet?
When the sunshine finally starts washing through the air, I find I instinctively recoil at the sight of my trusty old winter footwear. The Converse are okay, obviously (it’s never NOT the season for Converse, is it?), but those big ole boots and heavy leather shoes? NO, thank you. All of a sudden I want to get my toes out. I mean – what’s more happy-making then just being able to shove your feet in a pair of...
Top 10 Scientifically Proven Ways Your Child Can Study Better
One again *that* time of year is rolling around, and parents of 11yr olds facing SATS plus the older 15-18yr olds looking down the barrel of exams are wondering how best they can help their child study and achieve the grades that they have the potential for. Naturally every parent is as different as every child – some will float through the exam period in a bubble of stress-free relaxed it-is-what-it-is aura. Others will find...
Creme Egg Easter Cocktail Shots!
So you’re looking for an Easter Cocktail, are you? Following the popularity and success of our Egg Nog (which, incidentally should NOT just be kept for Christmas, it’s amazing during cold weather, with or without carols in the background…) and the Flat White Martini cocktails, it has come to our attention that you, dear reader, like a delicious tipple or two. And who am I to argue with you? So obviously we’re...