Another budget has been and gone. I’ve spent the past couple of weeks looking at George Osborne’s plans and I’m feeling underwhelmed. This particular budget doesn’t seem to have done much for families and children.
Give or take a few days, my family is four months into an experiment, backed by Ikea and sustainability charity Hubbub, called #LiveLagom. Using products provided by the furniture giant, the idea has been to explore how we can improve our way of life to make it more sustainable (see this earlier blog post for
Last week I used a financial personality test to assess my attitude to saving money. Unfortunately, I didn’t do well and was labelled a “day dreamer” who was potentially heading towards financial oblivion! Truth is, the results from using the online tool, which is available on the Aviva website, didn’t surprise me. My wife
Money is a touchy subject in this household at the moment. Regular readers of the blog will no doubt be aware that we’re in the final stages of having a new, family-friendly kitchen installed. As is often the case with such projects, we have over-spent. It’s not disastrous, but we are feeling the pain and
I’ve made no secret of my wish to lead a more sustainable life. It was something of a new year’s resolution for me. One of the things I’m desperately trying to do is get my family to cut down its energy use. With a little help from M&S bank, we are making great strides towards
