money
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Getting Financially Savvy In Summer 2023
Inflation may be finally falling, but the credit crunch still in full flow, and money is becoming increasingly tight, 2023 is turning out to be the year when many people have to, once again, tighten their belts when it comes to all areas of family and employment finance. But, if we are being truthful, are we as canny with our budgets as we could be. I know my answer to this question is no, but 2023 could be the year when you change all this. Here are some of the things you could be looking at. Bank Accounts Look carefully at your bank accounts. I have had the same bank…
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Making Maths Fun With Free Money Games
Unless you have been living under a rock, you can’t have failed to see that maths, and our maths ability, is currently big news, with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak introducing methods to make all adults ‘maths literate’. As someone who genuinely loves maths (I was a former maths coordinator in a previous life), I can totally see where he is coming from, and why there are such issues with maths, issues that are not always prevalent in other subjects. Maths is a cut and dry subject. There are right answers and wrong answers, and these are always the answers – there is no discussion about that in the way that…
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Looking For A First Or New Home – Hints And Tips
Buying a new home, particularly if it is your first home, is a time of both excitement and worry. The excitement is the idea that soon you will have your new place, a blank canvas which you can make your own, a place to bring up a family, or to retire to, a new start, a new setting with new dreams. The worry is usually financial – will you get a mortgage, what if you are gazumped, will you be able to afford everything. In this post I am going to address some of those worries, and look at the features I would look for when buying property. Funding And…
