A warning about those Revolute me links
Brace yourself for a bit of a long story. A few months ago, I was on a night out with a group of friends. When the bill came, one of the girls – someone I met for the first time […]
8 things to do before you go on holiday in 2022
Easter kicked off the holiday season this year, marking perhaps the first time since the pandemic that there’s been a rush at the airport. But it’s not all because of the surge in demand. Throughout the pandemic, queues at airports […]
Spring Statement 2022: Five things you might want to do now
This week, Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled his Spring Statement and there are a few major changes. The most immediate of which was fuel duty: it’s been reduced by 5p per litre. At the same time, taxes on alcohol, cigarettes and […]
Now is a terrible time to merge your pensions
If you’re thinking about merging your pension pots – and there are some very good reasons for doing so – now is a terrible time to do it. This is because when you transfer one pension into another, it’s the […]
Are flats better for weathering a storm?
Last year, I wrote about window shopping for property. Like everyone else after three lockdowns, I was thinking about moving out to somewhere bigger for my next home. Somewhere with a garden so I can have barbecues and ideally somewhere […]
Three ways 2022 will be more expensive than 2021
In its final statistical release before Christmas, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that inflation in the UK had risen far above the projected 4% set out by the Bank of England earlier this year. As a reminder, there […]