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Year: 2015

The light’s on but is anyone at home?

September 8, 2015September 8, 2015 Fergus Muirhead

We noticed a flashing light the other day on the front of our new tumble dryer. It flashes to tell you the filter needs cleaned but wouldn’t go off after the filter had been cleaned, and then came on and stayed on. I got my manual out and in the absence of any helpful information I called the company’s helpline.…

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Rachel Hair talks money and new CDs.

September 8, 2015 Fergus Muirhead

In a special interview with Moneysucks Scottish harpist Rachel Hair talks about the decisions she had to make when deciding how to produce her Trio’s new CD. She also talks to us about how she juggles her money as a full-time professional musician. Watch her interview here

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Buying your first house?

September 7, 2015September 8, 2015 Fergus Muirhead

The first house you buy might not look like this one in the picture but it is still important to get your sums right before putting pen to paper. And not least because of the amount of money that is likely to be involved these days. The average house deposit for 1st time buyers is now around 50% higher than…

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The Stock Market: Invest or Gamble?

September 1, 2015 Fergus Muirhead

The Stock Market is a long-term game as events over the last week or so have shown. Markets worldwide took a tumble last Monday following plunges in China’s main Shanghai Composite exchange. Falls in the FT-SE on Monday wiped around £70bn off the value of the UK’s leading companies, although a fair chuck of that was recovered on Tuesday. But…

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Interest rates are now up over 5%.  But have the recent rises really helped to deal with inflation? Take a look at Fergus’s recent post to see what that might mean for you.

Moneysucks for musicians

Have a look at the first part of our series on how musicians can best maximise and protect their income from their own words and music.
We'll be adding to this in the coming months to provide much more useful information for musicians.

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If you have any money or consumer questions for Fergus please feel free to drop him a line at info@moneysucks.net.

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