Thursday, September 9th, 2010

Use Loyalty Points To Reduce Expenses

A £5billion fortune is sitting on loyalty cards, a recent research suggested. The average consumer has three loyalty cards but hasn’t a clue what the points mean or what they are entitled to. Despite their ignorance, shoppers have been adding to each of their cards for at least five years. ‘It’s a missed opportunity if consumers don’t redeem their points or look our for special... [Read more]


Are Air Miles Really Worth It?

The last few days have been emotionally draining for me since the passing away of my father last Wednesday but in the midst of it all i still have begin making arrangement to travel to Nigeria for the funeral amongst other things. Yesterday i decided to book for my flight in good time and to get that out of the way. I have some 31,000 airmiles that i have accumulated from other flights and the use... [Read more]


Legacy or Inheritance

Legacy or Inheritance

Every once in a while someone makes a statement so profound that it stays with you for months, years even decades. What do you think will happen if you had the opportunity to watch that person live out that same statement in real life? My father said to me over twenty-five years ago (i cannot remember what we were discussing then) “Invest your time before you invest your money“. It may... [Read more]


Students Face A £25,000 Debt Burden

In the last few hours thousands of school leavers in the UK have been receiving their A-Level results with the hope of starting the courses they applied for at their first-choice universities next month. Along with this excitement is the prospect that these same students may be graduating in three or four years’ time with almost £25,000 of debt. This amount marks a steadily worsening student-debt... [Read more]


Vicar Banned Bingo-Logo At Wedding

The gaming industry will do anything to get its influence into our lives, home and churches – if we allow it. The following filled me with pride when i read it: Britain’s first wedding to be sponsored by a bingo company is off (thank God!) after a vicar said it would encourage gambling. Suzanne Latta, 28, and Matt Brown, 37, had won £5000 from the Online Bingo Club to pay for the day but... [Read more]


Bank’s Error Adding To Clients’ Misery

As if redundancies, pay freezes, reduced working hours etc were not enough; thousands of homeowners in the UK are facing a rise in their monthly mortgage payments because of a banking error. Some customers of the Yorkshire and Clydesdale Bank have apparently underpaid on their variable raet mortgages after the bank miscalculated their monthly repayment. The bank said 18,000 customers had paid less... [Read more]


Money Management For The “Generation Y”

I had the opportunity of speaking to Christian Youth Group last Satuday and i was especially thrilled in the fact that these ones can avoid most of the mistakes that the older generation have made about money. Actually if i knew, at their age, what i know and teach now, i would have turn out  better financially – earlier in life. Generation Y – Who Are They? Born between 1978 and the... [Read more]


10 Money Lessons From The World Cup

To the relief of many wives all over the globe, the World Cup is finally over but not without leaving some money lessons in its wake. I read this article “10 money lessons from the World Cup” today written by John Fitzsimons. The analogies were so to-the-point that i just have to share it with you, my readers,  and thank John for his efforts. The lessons are as follow: Overhyped, over-expensive Avoid... [Read more]


To Love, Honour and eBay

To Love, Honour and eBay

Thrifty Kevin Wilsher, 35, and Lisa Vaughan, 27, from Tilbury, Essex, UK are toasting eBay after spending £1800 on everything for their wedding which will take place on July 17. Their purchases on the auction website included her £89 dress, outfits for the bridesmaids, page boys and ring bearers, her tiara and their white gold rings. Miss Vaughan said: ‘I’ve got everything i have ever... [Read more]


Focus On Your Goals

Focus On Your Goals

In my last post, i suggested that you should focus on your goals instead of the negativities floating around. There is a board-game we play in my family called CashFlow 101; created by Robert Kiyosaki of the Rich Dad fame. Ive found that while playing the game, I often focused all my energy on the ‘negative’ spaces on the board such as “Baby” or “Downsized” – hoping... [Read more]