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Year: 2015

Make your money work for you, not against you.

May 5, 2015May 5, 2015 Fergus Muirhead

I talk regularly and often about a budget, and how you can’t really manage your money effectively without one. I’ve finally managed to get some budget tips into 60 seconds so take one minute, literally, and help yourself start to manage your money more effectively. It only works, take a look.

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Sale or no sale? A question of tax.

May 5, 2015 Fergus Muirhead

I have some questions for you on private letting of houses. I’m really confused what to do for the best. I have worked really hard and now own 2 properties which currently have tenants in them and which I have lived in for a number of years. I moved out of my last house which currently has a residential mortgage…

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Can the train take the strain?

April 23, 2015April 28, 2015 Fergus Muirhead

Let the train take the strain we’re told. And I do. I’m a fan of the train and use them, as well as buses and the underground to get around Glasgow, and the rest of Scotland. But the companies providing train services do need to get their acts together a bit more. They need to start talking to each other…

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Buy or Rent?

April 14, 2015April 28, 2015 Fergus Muirhead

I’m not convinced by all of these articles I’ve been reading recently about the difference in cost between buying and renting, and I’m not in any way making a comment on the Tories new right to buy plans – we’ll come back to that nonsense another day. Most of the articles promoting buying over renting seem to be written or…

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