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Year: 2017

It’s time airlines made flying a pleasant experience again.

September 13, 2017September 13, 2017 Fergus Muirhead

It was interesting to see Ryanair changing their two-bag policy last week, instead reverting to their old rule of only being able to take one bag on board their planes, unless you paid extra for speedy boarding in which case you can still take the old size small suitcase onto the plane with you. Airlines need to get their act…

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State Pension. Where do we go from here?

September 11, 2017September 12, 2017 Fergus Muirhead

What’s your take on the recent news that the State Pension is going to increase to 68? Do you think even 68 is optimistic and that the reality is that sooner rather than later we could be looking at a State Pension age of 70? And what does that mean for today’s students, about to leave college and university. At…

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Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be.

September 2, 2017September 4, 2017 Fergus Muirhead

My mum was born in 1931 and one of the birthday cards she received on a recent birthday listed the price of everyday goods the year she was born. It made fascinating reading: Petrol – 7p a gallon 6 Eggs – 3p Pint Guinness – 4p Post letter – 0.5p 1/2lb bacon – 6p Depending on which survey you read…

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Just because you can doesn’t mean that you should.

August 30, 2017 Fergus Muirhead

It looks as though credit cards companies are up to their old tricks of increasing the credit limits on our credit cards without asking us, and perhaps doing it jut as we approach our old limit and are therefore slightly more susceptible to the promise of a little extra cash to spend. To make matters worse Citizens Advice reckon that…

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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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