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The Savvy Scot

Personal finance and lifestyle blog

The Top 10 Celebrities We’d All Love To Go Yachting With In 2015

By Pauline

Meet the world’s top ten celebrity yacht companions for 2015… These are the celebrities to be seen with now; the ones you’ve been dying to be seen with, network with to take your business idea to the next level, which will make for the best selfies to make your friends jealous, and just have the… Read more

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: celebrity, yachting

Make money blogging for extra income?

By Pauline

Make money blogging for extra income?

Before you make money, you will need to spend a little money to set up your blog. Hosting generally costs around £50 per year, and you will have to add another £10 a year for your domain registration. Be careful about that one, you want an easy domain name people will remember, probably a .com… Read more

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: blogging, extra income, make money

Best Personal Finance Apps

By Pauline

  Keeping track of your finances can be a lot easier if you have an app to refer to while you’re on the go. Personal finance apps can log your spending and savings, allow you to access vouchers to save money while you’re out and about, record your debt status and even document meter readings… Read more

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: apps, budget, Finance, personal, Save Money

Eating Well and Saving? Yes, it’s Possible!

By Pauline

Eating well is important not just for our taste buds, but also for our health. Being sick is not just a bad feeling, but it also costs a lot, so it’s better to be avoided. Eating healthy can put a serious dent in our monthly budget, though, as fresh fruits and vegetables are quite costly,… Read more

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: food saving, saving

Don’t Panic: It’s Tax Season

By Pauline

Have you taken a good look at your financial goals for the year? In less than three months, Americans will face one of their most dreaded dates of the year: Tax Day. While some are eager to get their taxes completed because they’re expecting a refund, others will worry about the amount of income tax… Read more

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: tax, tax season

New year financial boot camp: Cut your grocery bill

By Pauline

New year financial boot camp: Cut your grocery bill

Are you ready to kick start the new year with a bang? To help you do just that, I have put together a month long financial boot camp, with one or two tips per week and a call to action. Together, we will review several aspects of your financial life to make sure you start… Read more

Filed Under: Personal Finance Tagged With: grocery, grocery bill, lower grocery bill, save

New year financial boot camp: Challenge your council tax banding

By Pauline

New year financial boot camp: Challenge your council tax banding

Are you ready to kick start the new year with a bang? To help you do just that, I have put together a month long financial boot camp, with one or two tips per week and a call to action. Together, we will review several aspects of your financial life to make sure you start… Read more

Filed Under: Personal Finance Tagged With: council tax, tax, tax banding

The Unexpected Investment: Personalised Number Plates

By Pauline

It turns out that a personalised license plate isn’t just for the show offs, it can also be for the savvy. A personalised registration can work as a sound investment. As trends ebb and flow so too does the value of a license plate. A simple 1D plate warranted £352,000 when sold in 2009 at… Read more

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: investment, number plates, personalised

New year financial boot camp: refinance your mortgage

By Pauline

Refinance your Mortgage

Are you ready to kick start the new year with a bang? To help you do just that, I have put together a month long financial boot camp, with two tips per week and a call to action. Together, we will review several aspects of your financial life to make sure you start the year… Read more

Filed Under: Personal Finance Tagged With: mortgage, refinance mortgage

New year financial boot camp: lower your monthly debt payments

By Pauline

Debt Payments

Are you ready to kick start the new year with a bang? To help you do just that, I have put together a month long financial boot camp, with one or two tips per week and a call to action. Together, we will review several aspects of your financial life to make sure you start… Read more

Filed Under: Personal Finance Tagged With: debt, monthy debt payments, payments

New year financial boot camp: utilities and bill check-up

By Pauline

Utilities and bill check-up

Happy New Year! I hope you had a lovely holiday season and you are ready to kick start the new year with a bang. To help you do just that, I have put together a month long financial boot camp, with two tips per week and a call to action. Together, we will review several… Read more

Filed Under: Personal Finance Tagged With: bill check up, bills, check up, utilities

How to keep a long term travel budget

By Pauline

travel budget

I have been in Madrid for about two weeks now, and will spend another 2 1/2 weeks in Europe before going back to Guatemala. Traveling long term is what I like to do, because you don’t have to rush from one hotel to the next, I hate packing, I always forget something in the hotel,… Read more

Filed Under: Personal Finance, Travel Tagged With: long term travel, travel, travel budget

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