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London-based personal finance blogger FruGal has her finger on the financial pulse. Her popular musings on personal finance have achieved wide acclaim. FruGal’s work was shortlisted for a 2010 Cosmo Blog Award and has also been featured in Observer magazine.

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FruGal on the fly

Sometimes being busy can be the greatest enemy you have against meeting you financial goals, especially if you are trying to cut back on spending. Often a long day at work means reaching for the take-out menus rather than cooking, and rushing around between meetings all day means buying coffees, lunches and snacks on the… Read more »

Simple ways to start saving

Last week the insurance company Aviva released their Family Finances Report, which showed that an alarming one third of families have no savings, and 40% save nothing each month. Even worse, 60% of single-parent households have no savings at all. Saving money is one of those things that people always mean to do, but is… Read more »

Self-employed workers less able to repay debts

I read an interesting report today published by the debt charity Consumer Credit Counselling Services (CCCS) that showed that self-employed workers are far less able to repay their debts than those who do not work for themselves. Overall, of the 10,000 self-employed people who approached CCCS for debt help last year, only 17 per cent… Read more »

Do one simple thing for better finances

At this time of the year it’s hard not to get a little bit anxious about money. Still waiting for that first pay-packet of the year and the last one you get vanished a few days before Christmas, you’ve probably received your monthly credit card bill that has starkly outlined in black and white all… Read more »

Sunday evening round-up

Sunday evening is here again. It always seems to arrive so fast, doesn’t it? Hope you are doing something fabulous to see the weekend off in style.  And speaking of fabulous, here are some reads from ’round the web this week: The Financial Blogger has some tips for 20-somethings: 30 Financial Moves Before 30– Ideas… Read more »

Free British Military Fitness workouts

If your New Year’s resolution involved anything to do with fitness and you’re still looking for the motivation to actually begin carrying it out, it’s your lucky day. British Military Fitness, the famed bootcamp-style outdoor fitness classes run by either serving or ex-army military personnel, are giving away free one week memberships. The membership can… Read more »

Sunday evening round up

Um. Have you seen my weekend? I know I left it sitting around here somewhere… I just turned my back for a minute and now it’s vanished. That’s what happens when the first week back at work  for 2011 sees you working late into the night every night and then come Sunday you can finally… Read more »

Fighting winter blues on a budget

If you peeked outside the bedroom window this morning and felt an instant desire to go back to bed, you’re not alone. At this time of year, when the nights are still very long, the cold weather has lost its Christmassy cheer, and everything just feels very drab and dank, it’s very easy to feel… Read more »

Don’t hate on January

Happy New Year, my lovelies! Ah, January. It’s so easy to see it as a long, boring haul of a month were everyone’s on detox, no one’s going out and the things you love most in the world (wine and cheese) and conspicuously absent from your fridge. And in their place is hideous green stuff… Read more »

How to use the party season to help your career

Well the Christmas party season is now in full swing. But before you begin necking the free champagne at your work-related functions, don’t forget that every social occasion is an opportunity for networking. That doesn’t mean acting like an annoying brazen careerist, running around stuffing business cards into people’s hands and clamouring over conversations to… Read more »