Category: Budgeting

This is a paid partnership about the pension gender gap, with PensionBee. Equal pay has been hitting the headlines a lot recently, but did you know that there is also a pension gender gap? According to a report by Close Brothers Asset Management, the average amount of money in a woman’s workplace pension scheme is less than half the amount of their male colleagues. This is a shocking statistic and in this post I am going

It makes sense to save money to cover emergencies or unforeseen expenses. When it comes to car repairs, especially ones you weren’t expecting, they can be a serious hit on your finances. Here’s some ways to help you build up a financial safety net, and some tips to make sure your emergency fund stretches further. Budgeting for your car A car comes with a number of set expenses – fuel, tax, insurance, etc. To save

A great way to save money every year is to spend some time looking to see if you can get your utility bills and other annual spending cheaper by switching tariffs or switching providers all together. I try to do this every year, but I often forget when contracts end, and I only get around to searching for the best deals about 6 months after the contract ended, oops! Just last week I spent an

We would all like to manage our money better. I used to get stuck looking at my balance and trying to figure out whether certain bills had come out and whether I would have enough money to cover the next bill. Now I don’t have that problem, due to a banking system that is known as piggy banking. Piggy banking is where I take my income and divide it into separate “pots”, depending on what