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1 in 6 households cannot make ends meet
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Step 4 of 6 to ease financial pressure
In this step we will consider the impact financial strain can have on our quality of life. We aim to help you understand the ongoing increase in the use of UK food banks, as well as offering tips on how to begin building on your savings to avoid this cost-of-living crisis.
Review your borrowing
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Step 3 of 6 to ease financial pressure
So far, you have received 2 of our FREE 6 Steps on easing financial pressure. In this post we will be looking at household debt and its impact. Plus, don’t miss out on Step 3: our easy-to-use guide to reviewing any debt you may have.
More than 25m people in Britian rated their anxiety as “high” survey finds
14/12/2021
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Step 2 of 6 to ease financial pressure
Last time we offered tips on how best to manage your money, with a handy budget planner to save you time. In this blog we’ll look at the impact of financial pressure - plus advice on how you could be saving over £4,000 a year!
More than 8 million people in the UK are struggling with problem debt
09/12/2021
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Step 1 of 6 to ease financial pressure
We've put together 6 Steps series on easing financial pressure. This blog gives you access to our first step, which is one that anyone can do and will give you a better picture of where your money goes.
So You’re Going to Be a Father
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2015s Shared Parental Leave laws and greater gender income equality has meant a boom in SAHDs (Stay-at-Home-Dads), but the pressures and challenges of being a man in a parent’s world might be different than you think.
Parenting in 2016. It’s an expensive business. Our local nursery fees are over £16.5k a year (double for two). As a lowly in-house copywriter for a mostly unknown publishing company, this was far more than my annual take-home. Add to that the additional time or expense required to cover inset days, training days, two full weeks over Christmas and all manner of sick days (if a child simply coughs in the vicinity, the shutters come down, gas masks go on and a keyworker paints a red cross on your child’s face).
Staying Safe at Home over Winter
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03/12/2015
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According to RoSPA statistics, every year there are approximately 6000 deaths as a result of a home accident*. Quite a scary stat, as you would assume you’re safe at home.
To help prevent any accidents happening at home, we’ve come up with a few tips to keep safe this winter:
Tenants should consider taking income protection
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23/10/2015
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Families living in rented accommodation are much less likely to have a financial protection policy in place than homeowners, according to new research.
Just 3% of people who rent privately have income protection, for example, claims the new study by Aviva. It also found tenants could be putting their financial security at risk in others ways too, by not having adequate savings to fall back on in the event of illness or unemployment.
The 5 greatest moments in the Olympic Games - let’s hear it for the underdogs!
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They say every dog has its day, and that applies to underdogs too. Nowhere more so, it seems, than when it comes to the greatest show on earth - the Olympic Games.
With Rio 2016 in full swing, we look back at some of the surprise winners and unexpected overachievers to have graced the medal podium in the recent past.