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The Savvy Scot

Personal finance and lifestyle blog

When Credit Cards can get you OUT of Debt

By savvyscot

When Credit Cards can get you OUT of Debt

This is a bit of a strange title. You might be thinking ‘How on earth could a credit card get you out of debt?’ Surely credit cards do the opposite and tempt you into getting into MORE debt? Well not always. You might remember reading a few months back that Mrs Scot and I got… Read more

Filed Under: Money Making, Personal Finance Tagged With: 0% balance transfers, 0% credit card deals, Credit cards, how to take advantage of credit cards, use credit cards to get out of debt

The Sunday Review – Top Posts of The Week

By savvyscot

Have you subscribed to SavvyScot.com updates by entering your email address in the box at the bottom of the page?   Today concludes another extremely busy week. Apologies to all my friends that I haven’t been around and commenting so much / at all this week! I will make up for it as of tomorrow,… 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

What Does Professional Indemnity Insurance Cover?

By savvyscot

As part of the insurance series at SavvyScot, today we are looking at Professional Indemnity Insurance. Does anyone know what PI insurance is? Something that we should all probably be aware of, especially if anyone runs their own  business! A policy that is purchased to cover professionals from loss due to financial claims made against… Read more

Filed Under: Guest Posts Tagged With: Insurance explained, PI Insurance, Professional Indemnity, Professional Indemnity Insurance, Professional Indemnity Insurance explained

The Best Investment EVER!

By savvyscot

Investment EVER!

Apple’s shares have skyrocketed to almost $700 each today, after they announced pre-orders of the iPhone 5 have reached in excess of 2 million units!!! Comparing this to the iPhone 4 which obtained 600,000 pre-orders and the iPhone 4S of 1 million – this is HUGE! What is more, the company’s shares have risen over… Read more

Filed Under: Change, Money Making, Personal Finance Tagged With: Apple, apple invest, apple return, apple shares, apple stock, apple stock in 10 years, best investment, investing in apple, investment

The Sunday Review – Top Posts of the Week

By savvyscot

Have you subscribed to SavvyScot.com updates by entering your email address in the box at the bottom of the page? It’s that time of the week again where I take a look at the progress of SavvyScot and recommend some great reads from around the web. The Relay Rides giveaway concluded this week, with Elle… Read more

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

Wake Up Or Get Wiped Out!

By savvyscot

NEW GIVEAWAY @ SavvyScot! – The following is a guest post from author Paul Knott about his new book – Ouch! that has just been launched in the UK. I am well on my way through reading the book and can vouch that it is not only very educational, but extremely funny! I am also… Read more

Filed Under: Competitions, Personal Finance, Saving Money Tagged With: Book giveaway, Competition, giveaway, Ouch!, Personal finance book, personal finance reading, savvyscot giveaway, UK personal finance, wake up

5 Reasons To Check Your Credit Score Today!

By savvyscot

Here are 5 reasons to check your credit score today and persuade you. (I have saved the best until last)

There is some shocking statistic about the number of people worldwide who have never checked their credit report. I can’t remember the exact percentage, but it is atrocious! Here are five reasons to try and persuade you. (I have saved the best until last)   Verify that the Information Held on File is Correct Your… Read more

Filed Under: Personal Finance, Saving Money Tagged With: credit reports are important, credit score, importance of credit report, Reasons to check credit report, Should I do a credit check, What is experian, why are credit reports important, why should i check credit report

Thoughts on the iPhone 5

By savvyscot

Thoughts on the iPhone 5

I wasn’t planning to write a post today, but given the hype around the iPhone 5 I wanted to say a few words. Firstly, I will openly admit, I am an Apple Fan Boy. I have an iPhone 4S a Macbook Pro and a iPad (original). Mrs Scot also has a 4S and ‘the new… Read more

Filed Under: Change Tagged With: Apple in decline, Apple losing market share, iPhone 5, iPhone 5 review, iPhone 5 thoughts, Samsung overtake Apple

Why Is Offshore Investing More Attractive?

By savvyscot

Offshore investing is not quite as simple as opening up a secret account somewhere that the tax man doesn’t know about.

We have all heard of the term offshore investment or offshore account. Probably, the first thing that comes to mind is some sort of criminal trying to hide money somewhere so that the authorities can’t track it down! Movies and TV series aside, offshore investments can offer some fairly attractive benefits. Offshore investing is not… Read more

Filed Under: Personal Finance, Saving Money Tagged With: forced heirship, investing offshore, Offshore, offshore accounts, offshore banking, offshore bonds, Offshore investment, offshore products, offshore savings, prevent forced heirship, reasons for offshore accounts, reasons to invest offshore, tax relief expatriates, tax relief expats, tax relief for non-domiciles, top reasons to open offshore accounts, why should I invest offshore

The Sunday Review – Top Posts of the Week

By savvyscot

Please Subscribe to SavvyScot.com updates by entering your email address in the box at the bottom of the page – Thanks! Another busy week at SavvyScot HQ. The Relay Rides Giveaway only has 3 days remaining and currently only has 23 entries! You could be in with a serious chance of winning a nice credit… Read more

Filed Under: Growing a Blog, Updates Tagged With: Favorite Blogging Posts, relayrides giveaway, Sunday review, Top Posts, Top Posts this week

On Fitness and Life

By savvyscot

A lazy and overweight body creates a tired and heavy mind

Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure As regular readers of this site will know I am a bit of a fitness fanatic. I want to draw your attention to a post that I wrote a few months back which summarises the Top Tips to Attain Your Workout Goals. If you… Read more

Filed Under: Fitness Tagged With: Does Exercise improve life, Exercise, Exercise makes you more productive, Fitness, fitness in corporate life, fitness target, How to set workout goals, Set fitness goals, ways to get fit

The Importance of Searching Company Records

By savvyscot

Whether you are a small business owner, an investor or an entrepreneur, choosing the right companies to do business with can be make-or-break. You may be familiar with certain hidden-camera TV shows which aim to catch cowboy builders and tradesmen, which in themselves are a shocking revelation of the lengths that some people are willing… Read more

Filed Under: Guest Posts Tagged With: company records, how social media is changing consumer habbits, how to search company directors, Look up companies, power of social media, reviews on social media, search company history, why you should search a company

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