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The Savvy Scot

Personal finance and lifestyle blog

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A NEAR financial disaster

By savvyscot

A couple of weeks back a good friend of mine came to stay on his way to moving abroad. I planned my work week around his visit to ensure that I could work from home to maximize the time spent together and that most of my late night meetings were scheduled before and after he… Read more

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: financial disaster, importance of breakdown cover, near finance disaster

How do you Handle Business / Blog Finances?

By savvyscot

Handle Business

One of the trickier parts of an eCommerce business is handling all of the financial matters. It becomes even trickier when you incorporate your business or become involved with other businesses. However, you can avoid some of the more common pitfalls by remembering these things:   Set Up a Separate Business Account with PayPal It… Read more

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: Handle Business, Handling business finances, how to treat extra income, side hustles

Carnival of Financial Independence 28th Edition

By savvyscot

I have been a BAD blogger recently. My job has been a little bit crazy at the moment and I have had to arrange a last minute trip to Singapore! In the meantime lots of family and friends have been down staying which has been nice…. What better way to start my writing comeback than… Read more

Filed Under: Entertainment

Would You Drop Everything and Move Abroad?

By savvyscot

The web is teaming with digital nomads; Travelers with a desire to never give up their titles. There are many a successful travel blogger making enough money to continue their journey almost indefinitely.

The web is teaming with digital nomads; Travelers with a desire to never give up their titles. There are many a successful travel blogger making enough money to continue their journey almost indefinitely. My question for you today however is slightly different. If your company came to you tomorrow and presented you with an opportunity… Read more

Filed Under: Entertainment, Travel Tagged With: becoming an expat, drop everything, leaving the UK to work, moving away, Starting a new life abroad

Saving Money by Working from Home

By savvyscot

Does your job provide you the luxury of flexible working hours? Furthermore, are you able to choose to work from home? I guess I am quite lucky in the sense that I fall into both of these categories. My job enables me to manage my own time and (within reason) work from home. I currently… Read more

Filed Under: Entertainment, Saving Money Tagged With: commuting costs, save money commuting, saving money working from home, wfh, working from home

Connected Takeaways

By savvyscot

Mrs Scot and I generally try to eat healthily. We plan our meals in advance and try not to buy too much junk food. In order to sustain a healthy diet as a lifestyle, we both appreciate the need for occasional dirty food or a ‘cheat day’ as people like to call it! For this… Read more

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: Connected takeaways, online takeaways, power of twitter

If You Don’t Ask You Don’t Get

By savvyscot

This week, I am in Houston on a business trip. The nice thing about traveling with work is that I get to fly business class. You would expect that by paying thousands of pounds for a ticket that you would be taken care of and your baggage given priority right? Wrong! Long-term readers of this… Read more

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: lost baggage compensation, lost bags

Awesome Infographic: The Road to Good Credit

By savvyscot

Another awesome infographic for you lovely folks today – The Road to Good Credit! Infographics are such a fun way of conveying facts – I am definitely a visual person! Here are some stats that might just blow your mind…. Source Aqua   Are you a high earner that has been declined credit? Have you… Read more

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: credit infographics, credit stats, infographics about credit, statistics about credit

Awesome Infographic: The Best Things In Life Aren’t Free

By savvyscot

I was always led to believe that the best things in life are free… love… family… friends… laughter. Did you think that too? Perhaps after reading the below you will change your mind too! Enjoy!   Source Luma

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: the best things in life are free, The best things in life are not free, the best things in life aren't free

Naughty Dog

By savvyscot

naughty dog

Maya (Our new Cockapoo) decided it would be a good idea to jump into the pond after some bread – before the scary geese arrived…. At least she can swim, but man did that water stink!

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: Cockapoo, dog, naughty dog, wet dog

How Much Does Getting a Dog Really Cost?

By savvyscot

How Much Does Getting a Dog Really Cost

So a few weeks back we got a puppy…. It’s a well known fact that children are expensive. From expensive childcare, private schools, food and the latest fashion. Oh yeah and that’s not forgetting the bigger house that you will need to buy and the increased holiday costs from now until… forever? Before I agreed… Read more

Filed Under: Entertainment, Personal Finance, Pets Tagged With: cost of dog toys, cost of dogs, cost of getting a dog, cost of getting a puppy, cost of keeping a dog, cost of puppy. cost of feeding a dog

How Social Media Has Transformed the World

By savvyscot

Social Media has taken over the world. Quite a bold statement, I know; but consider how things have changed over the last couple of decades. Back in the nineties, you would look in the local newspaper to find a review of a good restaurant. Considered impartial, the ‘Food and Drink’ column was a great way… Read more

Filed Under: Entertainment, Futurism Tagged With: HMV intern controls twitter, importance of reviews, social media changing the world, social media for businesses, why are reviews important?

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