Pounds CAN meet the ends

Last Friday night I was watching the TV when and I heard someone predict that over the next two years there would be increasing food shortages even in the UK. It was even suggested that we would be approaching a famine situation. My ears pricked up and I wondered what on earth we should expect next.

While I was at a conference in St Andrews I had the chance to go to a seminar run by CAP. They were basically taster sessions for their money management course. They gave some good advice on how to handle your money on a day to day basis.  The basic idea is for everyone to be [...]

One of the biggest struggles I have had has been the fear or rather expectation of rejection. What on earth you might say is this to do with money? Think about it. If you are trying to sell something while struggling with the expectation people will reject you then you will not be able to [...]

We all struggle with our finances in some way or other as somehow most of us find ourselves held captive by the decisions we have made. Somehow whatever we do the past seems to catch up on us. If we have spent £1 on one thing then we cannot spend it on something else. They [...]

We all struggle with our finances in some way or other as somehow most of us find ourselves held captive by the decisions we have made. Somehow whatever we do the past seems to catch up on us. If we have spent £1 on one thing then we cannot spend it on something else. They [...]

Making the pounds meet the ends has become increasingly harder in the past year or two. Food prices have gone up. Flour for example is twice the price now than it was a year ago. Everything that is made of flour has gone up in price as well as a result. Fuel prices have gone [...]

Making the pounds meet the ends has become increasingly harder in the past year or two. Food prices have gone up. Flour for example is twice the price now than it was a year ago. Everything that is made of flour has gone up in price as well as a result. Fuel prices have gone [...]

One of the things I did over the weekend was to read up on bridge disasters. Ok now what has that got to do with financial security? Well remember the idea that finances are like a bridge. I was looking at various bridge disasters to see what comparisons could be made between them and the [...]

One of the things I did over the weekend was to read up on bridge disasters. Ok now what has that got to do with financial security? Well remember the idea that finances are like a bridge. I was looking at various bridge disasters to see what comparisons could be made between them and the [...]

Yesterday I decided to go on a field trip to research bridges and buildings. I had driven through Bridge Place but had never stopped there. This time I took my camera and had a walk around. With a name like that it had to be a good place to think about bridges. Bridge Place is [...]