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Category: Family finances

Sustainable living; #liveLAGOM update

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

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Simple ways to #savesmarter

  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

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Saving money with Aviva

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

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#Makeaswitch to reduce energy use with M&S Bank

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

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The in/out EU referendum; it’s much more than a simple pub quiz

I’ve been toying with the idea of blogging about the in/out European Union referendum ever since the date was set. There’s so much this lil’ ol’ dad blogger wants to say on the subject. Suffice it to say, I think the implications of a successful out vote would be catastrophic for the nation and for

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