Aside from the presidential election, the media has been full of coverage of Hurricane Sandy recently. While the hurricane has caused complete devastation and ruined many people’s lives, there are some great lessons that we can all learn. From a selfish point of view, it has forced me to look closely at different ‘high risk’… Read more
The Benefits and Risks of Contracting
Hello Everyone! Today I bring you a guest post on the Pros and Risks of Contracting. A very relevant topic for my fellow freelancers out there and some great tips. I have added my thoughts throughout and have a question for you at the end! If you are thinking about changing from permanent employment to… Read more
How Demographics affect Car Insurance Premiums
Hello! As you read this I am on a 4-day long weekend trip enjoying some nice rain in Falmouth. Today I bring you a guest post from one of my new blogger friends Andy over at Complete Personal Finance. If you enjoy this post, I recommend checking out some of his other content over at the… Read more
$100 Cash Giveaway – Emergency Funds Save Lives
OK so that title was a little bit of an alarming title, but I am going to summarise something very important for you over the next few paragraphs. When someone talks about an emergency fund, what do you think of? Do you think of it as a savings account that you need when you are… Read more
Change Your Life – Step 5 Learn New Skills
If you are new to the Change Your Life series then you can catch up with the following articles from the series: Part 1 – Exercise Part 2 – Eating Healthily Part 3 – Get Knowledge Part 4 – Your Appearance This week’s addition to the change your life series involves learning new skills. This… Read more
Inspirational Motivation for Today
The news makes me sad today. People have lost their lives and the east coast of North America is in chaos. In reality, this actually happens all the time around the world – often to a much worse degree – but the media don’t report it in the same way. The positive is that it… Read more
5 Things Hurricane Sandy Can Teach Us
As I am sure the whole world knows, 50 million people on east coast of North America are embracing themselves for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy. Public transport is grounded and over 7000 flights have been postponed. The storm has already taken 60 lives, has disrupted the presidential campaign and shut down Wall Street for… Read more
The Sunday Review – Top Posts of the Week
Subscribe to SavvyScot Updates – Enter your email address: Sunday came around fast!! This weekend was actually pretty relaxed from my end. We did a lot of eating and a lot of chillin’. The temperature down in London has dropped to near freezing (1 degree Celsius all day) and Mrs Scot and I have… Read more
Change Your Life – Step 4 Your Appearance
To recap, the last 3 weeks we have been making small steps for a big change. If you are new to the Change Your Life series then I recommend you read these articles first: Part 1 – Exercise Part 2 – Eating Healthily Part 3 – Get Knowledge Improve Your Appearance and Hygiene Take a… Read more
10 Crazy Safety Facts You Never Knew
Some people would say that the world has gone safety mad. Everywhere we turn there are massive warning signs or bright coloured tape marking ‘hazards’. Here are 10 safety facts that I bet you didn’t know… Every year, approximately 4 million employees are disabled at work. I must admit, when I was researching this… Read more
5 Top Tips When Selecting a Personal Injury Lawyer
If you have had an injury that was not your fault, and feel that pursuing a compensation claim is your best option to get justice against the liable party, the likelihood is that you will need some legal representation to properly establish your claim to get it right the first time around. However, hiring the… Read more
Relocating to the UK? What you need to know
It gives me great pleasure to introduce Pauline’s guest post today which covers various aspects that you need to consider when relocating to the UK. Pauline has an inspirational story to tell about how she made her dream a reality. I regularly read Pauline’s blog (RFI) and am looking forward to tracking her progress as… Read more