The Blog Posts
Find knowledge, stories, inspiration and guidance to help you build financial confidence.
Financial Advisor
What exactly is a financial advisor? Let me explain basic financial concepts for you, simply and in fewer than 200 words!
The United Kingdom
What exactly is the United Kingdom? Let me explain basic financial concepts for you, simply and in fewer than 200 words!
The Soul of Money: A Book Review With Some Serious Eye Rolling
"It's fine to have extra wealth stashed away in a bank account. But apparently unacceptable to have extra calories stashed away in your thighs."
Debt Snowball Method
What exactly is the debt snowball method? Let me explain basic financial concepts for you, simply and in fewer than 200 words!
Tax Wrapper
What exactly is a tax wrapper? Let me explain basic financial concepts for you, simply and in fewer than 200 words!
Building Societies
What exactly is a Building Society? Let me explain basic financial concepts for you, simply and in fewer than 200 words!
Where to actually put your money: a plain-English map of UK savings and investing accounts
"You were never too stupid for this. The vocabulary just wasn't explained properly until now."
Direct Debit
What exactly is a Direct Debit? Let me explain basic financial concepts for you, simply and in fewer than 200 words!
Insider Trading
What exactly is insider trading? Let me explain basic financial concepts for you, simply and in fewer than 200 words!
Value Added Tax - VAT
What exactly is Value Added Tax - VAT? Let me explain basic financial concepts for you, simply and in fewer than 200 words!
Financial Conduct Authority - FCA
What exactly is the Financial Conduct Authority - FCA? Let me explain basic financial concepts for you, simply and in fewer than 200 words!
Income Tax
What exactly is income tax? Let me explain basic financial concepts for you, simply and in fewer than 200 words!
‘I’m Not Good At Maths’
“My flabbers were ghasted.”
“I'm not 'good at maths', whatever that actually means. But I am interested in this and it means something to me - so I'm going to find a way of working it out."
Price Indices - RPI and CPI
What exactly are price indices like RPI and CPI? Let me explain basic financial concepts for you, simply and in fewer than 200 words!
HMRC - His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs
What exactly is HMRC - His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs? Let me explain basic financial concepts for you, simply and in fewer than 200 words!
Money and Anxiety: What Financial Stress Really Looks Like and Taking Back Control
Anxiety loves vagueness - it swirls around the unknown and makes it bigger and badder than it really is. A real, specific number might feel uncomfortable, but it is always less frightening than an imagined one.
FSCS Deposit Protection
What exactly is the FSCS Deposit Protection? Let me explain basic financial concepts for you, simply and in fewer than 200 words!
