Money Moans – banks and financial advisors
I’m very grateful to The Daily Mail for providing me with the inspiration for this piece. It’s rare that it ever provides me with anything other than amusement or mind-bending disbelief so that in itself made a refreshing change. Let’s be honest – we all love to hate the banks. And we mainly love to [...]
Guestblog: Jill of all trades – a businesswoman’s diary of multi-tasking and being a media star
When we established our business offering Debt Advice to Women we envisaged having to do our accounts, washing up, filing, and making the tea plus all the glamorous jobs like cleaning the office, negotiating with suppliers and grovelling to the bank manager. What we didn’t envisage was having to be media ‘stars’ – okay maybe [...]
Emotion and money
The Oxford Dictionary defines Emotion as “A strong feeling deriving from one’s circumstances, mood or relationship with others”. Well I certainly experienced these “strong feelings” over the past few days! My first husband and I still share one financial commitment and for the past few months he has reneged on his part of the bargain, [...]
How to take money online
Great business idea? Check. Business plan? Check. Online presence? Check. That’s it. You’ve made it. Your business’ success is but a heartbeat away; there are just a couple of quick things to sort out first… like working out how exactly you’ll take that money your customers are virtually lining up to give you. Accepting credit [...]
Guestblog: Credit cards, leggings and shoulder pads
There have been a few articles I have posted recently that I have found interesting on the subject of consumer debt & credit. Two being the “Card Shark” article followed by the article on “Unsecured Debt Amongst British Females,” both quite controversial topics and at either end of the debt spectrum. http://www.womenindebt.co.uk/news When there are [...]
In her shoes: My descent in entrepreneurial hell
In her shoes is a series of anonymous posts from women in business, sharing their experience. In your comments you are asked to answer the question – What would you do in her shoes? My story began 9 months ago; it is a story of self-realisation, friendship, love and betrayal. After 11 years at home [...]
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