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Monthly Archives: February 2012

Living with debt: How to overcome your debt fears

Debt is strongly linked to anxiety and depression, and it’s estimated that well over 50% of people with problem debt experience a wide range of emotional and mental health difficulties. Sometimes these difficulties lead to or intensify the financial problems, and sometimes they are the result of the debt itself. Fear is one of the… Read more »

Gender-based insurance pricing – what do you think?

Last year, the European Court of Justice banned the practice of taking gender into account when setting insurance prices. So, as of December 2012, changes to insurance rates could mean that households could pay more for products like car insurance, annuities and life insurance. So, while women have traditionally enjoyed lower costs,  The Association of… Read more »

TotallyMoney Top Blog Awards #5

It’s a leap day, which means people born 32 years ago today are celebrating their 8th birthdays while we’re kicking off our 5th TotallyMoney Top Blog Awards. At the end of every month, we delve into the stats from our TotallyMoney Top Blogs List to find the best blogging talent. The TotallyMoney Top Blogs List… Read more »

Frugal February week 4 (or, wheeee! look how much I’ve saved)

After being frugal for the last four weeks, I’m feeling pretty good. Aside from spending WAY too much money in the supermarket, I’ve actually done pretty well. I’ve bought a fitness DVD that I’m actually using and well… that’s pretty much it. I’m not entirely sure I’d call a fitness DVD that cost me a… Read more »

5 romantic ways to pop the question (on a budget)

Feb 29 marks the day when women are traditionally ‘allowed’ to propose to their men. Even in these supposedly enlightened times, I’ve never met a woman up for doing such a thing, but if you’re brave enough, then all power to you I say, and here are some suggestions fo r affordable ways to pop… Read more »

ISAs – why you need one and why you should start saving now

Before I started out as a finance journalist I didn’t know a thing about ISAs. In fact they seemed like a bit of enigma and I assumed they must be far too complicated for me to ever have one. The worrying thing is, I think plenty of other people feel the same. But you absolutely do… Read more »

TotallyMoney Blog Carnival #56

This week’s TotallyMoney Blog Carnival was hosted by Paula over at Afford Anything. We’re still on the look-out for a few more carnival hosts later this year. You needn’t have hosted a carnival before to take part, and we’ll help you get started! If you fancy hosting, check out our information pages for more details…. Read more »

Friday grapevine: best of the blogs

In the week of the Brit Awards, it seems only fair that we pay homage to the best of British blogging this week (while steering clear of any Adele-inspired gesticulations): Frugal Finance wonders if a debt management plan is right for you. Money Saving Challenge reveals the art of blagging. You Could Save reckons that… Read more »

Are you a job snob?

It’s official. According to Iain Duncan Smith, I am a job snob. The past few days have been fraught with hankering over youth unemployment. Earlier this week, the secretary for work and pensions, warned the ‘battle lines’ had been drawn between, ‘those prepared to do everything they can to give a chance to young people… Read more »