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 [...]
BBC cash adviser bankrupt
PJ White · 16 January 2009 --> · No comments
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 [...]
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 [...]
