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BBC cash adviser bankrupt

PJ White · 16 January 2009 --> · No comments

Here’s some sound advice – from a column on the BBC website called How to money spin.
Make a budget and stick to it. Putting the numbers down on paper will show you just where all the money is going. Set a limit on how much you are going to spend and stick to it

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Tags: Money in the media · Voices of experience

Conspicuous chucking money away

PJ White · 22 February 2008 --> · Comments Off

A lot of people think an influx of a large amount of money would solve their problems.
But the basics of financial capability don’t change. You can foul up with a lot of money as well as with not very much.
Here’s actor Dexter Fletcher describing to journalist Mark Anstead how he screwed up:
…I guess I was [...]

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Tags: Managing money—education & learning · Money in the media

Bankruptcy rising

PJ White · 3 August 2007 --> · No comments

The number of individuals going bust between April and June rose to nearly 30,000.
Government figures, published today, show a significant rise in bankruptcy of 7.7% compared with the same period last year. The less restrictive individual voluntary arrangements (IVAs) were actually down by 0.7 %.
There are companies who aggressively promote IVAs to those “drowning in [...]

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Tags: Research, policy & trends