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The Savvy Scot

Personal finance and lifestyle blog

Change Your Life Series – Step 2 Eat Healthily

By savvyscot

Eat Healthily

  Have you joined the cool kids as a subscriber of SavvyScot.com yet? ——–> Last week we started the Change Your Life Series; a series of ten blog posts that (if followed) will change your life – guaranteed! The first post was centered around Exercise. For the last seven days you have been slowly increasing… Read more

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Can you trust a sole trader without professional indemnity insurance?

By savvyscot

A sole trader, also known as a sole proprietor, is a reference to the self-employed owner of a business. They are personally responsible for all profits, losses and the day-to-day running of the business, including all forms of paperwork such as insurance. One form of insurance that sole-traders should purchase is indemnity insurance. This is… Read more

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12 Crazy Disney Facts You Never Knew

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12 Crazy Disney Facts

Big news in the UK is that there are plans to build a Massive Theme Park in 2018, only 17 minutes from central London! This would be a Paramount Pictures park, based on a British theme – one of the top 4 largest theme parks in the whole world – at a cost of around… Read more

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The Sunday Review – Top Posts of the Week

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Have You Subscribed to SavvyScot.com updates by entering your email address in the box ? –> What a mental week.. I had the pleasure of seeing Nickelback live in the O2 Arena in London on Monday which was absolutely fantastic! Mrs Scot and I also went to watch a movie called ‘The Room’ in central… Read more

Filed Under: Growing a Blog, Updates Tagged With: Favorite Blogging Posts, Ouch Book, Ouch giveaway, razorpit, relayrides giveaway, Top Posts, Top Posts this week, travel blogs

Too Rich to Care

By savvyscot

Too Rich to Care. Consider a handful of the items in your fridge / cupboard. Do you know the cost of each to the nearest £/$? If not, then you probably need to take more care shopping.

Do you enjoy reading SavvyScot? Remember you can subscribe to updates via email —> Like many of you, I thoroughly enjoy reading personal finance posts. Every opportunity I get I start checking my favourite blogs for updates, excited to read their take on things. I don’t get bored of it either. From a half-asleep look… Read more

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How to Save Money on Razor blades

By savvyscot

Everyone has their own idea of what is good value and what is overpriced when it comes to shopping. Given that there are no set prices in life for anything, price perception is a very subjective matter. Where I might think that it is fine to spend £5 on a good quality shampoo (I don’t… Read more

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Change Your Life Series – Step 1 Exercise

By savvyscot

Step 1 Exercise

Back in February when I founded SavvyScot.com I wanted to help people make a change in their lives.  That change could be a financial change, or it could be something else. While I don’t claim to know everything about money (in fact most of my knowledge comes from my interest in personal finance and what… Read more

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The Sunday Review – Top Posts of the Week

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Subscribe to SavvyScot.com updates by entering your email address in the box to the right –> It’s that time of the week again where I review some of my favourite posts of the week in the blogosphere and reveal some stats about SavvyScot. Firstly, I am pleased to announce the Five Winners of the Ouch!… Read more

Filed Under: Growing a Blog, Updates Tagged With: Favorite Blogging Posts, Ouch Book, Ouch giveaway, relayrides giveaway, Top Posts, Top Posts this week, travel blogs

The Lifestyle Carnival

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Have you subscribed to SavvyScot updates? Never miss a post again by filling in your email address in the box on the right. ——> I am delighted to announce that I am hosting my first BLOG CARNIVAL: Ok, maybe it’s not that kind of Carnival but it’s a great way to add new blogs to… Read more

Filed Under: Reflection Tagged With: blog carnvials, blogs on lifestyle, carnival, lifetstyle carnival

How does my Swedish made furniture end up in my lounge room?

By savvyscot

This got me thinking of how Ikea and other companies work on an international basis and how they manage to stock such massive warehouses and stores.

Hello Reader! Have you subscribed to SavvyScot updates yet? You can do so in the box on the right and ensure you never miss a post again! —> I don’t think I am alone when I say that I had an abundance of Ikea furniture as a student. It was cheap, cheerful and… cheap! If… Read more

Filed Under: Saving Money Tagged With: dragons den, dragons den deals, equity, how does trade finance work, Ikea furniture, International Trade finance, investors, trade finance, working capital loan

Packing Reminders For Your Honeymoon

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Have you subscribed to The SavvyScot?You can ensure that you never miss a post by entering your email address in the right hand column —> Today’s guest post discusses some top packing tips for that all important honeymoon or special holiday. Interestingly, some of these points are very relevant to the thoughts I had after… Read more

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Starting a Blog in the UK – Pt. 2 Domain Names, Hosting and More

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Starting a Blog in the UK – Pt. 2 Domain Names, Hosting and More

Do you enjoy reading The Savvy Scot? Did you know that you can subscribe by entering your email address in the box at the bottom of the page? It takes half a minute and it will ensure that you never miss a post again!   So by now you have read ‘Starting a Blog in… Read more

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