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New financial capability site

PJ White · 9 April 2008 --> · No comments

A website designed to support adults working with young people has just gone live. It’s about money. It comes from the independent financial watchdog (as the Financial Services Authority likes to be known). And, to its credit, there’s a good emphasis on neet young adults — those not in education, employment or training.
It’s called Building [...]

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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