BBC Scotland’s Theresa Talbot asked us for some help in the way she manages her money. She’s trying to save £9000 or so to help her fund a Masters Degree in TV Drama Writing and reckons that she needs to improve the way she uses her money. The first task we set her was to keep an absolutely accurate note…
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In the second of our conversations with BBC Scotland’s Theresa Talbot we find out a bit more about what she does with her money at the moment and we set her some tasks to complete. She also talks pineapples and notebooks, although were still not really sure why!
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One of the most common comments that you hear people making about budgeting, and the one thing that puts people off the idea of ever doing one, is that it is about not spending money! But that is simply not true. A budget, at its simplest level, is about knowing how you spend money. And knowledge, as they say, is…
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I took advantage of a very kind invitation from CUNA Mutual to speak at their Scottish Credit Union Conference recentl at Glasgow Science Centre. It certainly was an eye-opener as speaker after speaker talked in glowing terms about the advances made by credit unions in recent years and the unique products they now offer their members. Scottish government minister Fergus Ewing…
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