Tax time can send many people for a spin. This stressful season is full of warnings and reminders, urging you to take care of your filing quickly and efficiently. Everyone has a different idea of what method is best when it comes to tax filing, and many sources promote myths that might send you in… Read more
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Great Affordable Gift Ideas
Just because you’re cautious about your money doesn’t mean that you can’t enjoy treating your loved ones with some top quality gifts. As thanks to the power of the internet, it’s now easier than even to find something a little special with cheap tablets capable of playing online games, and voucher sites offering some amazing… Read more
7 Tips to #SaveSmarter
Last week, we talked about the different financial personalities, and how everyone saves and spends money in different ways. If you checked out yours and fall more into the spender than saver category, today I would like to show you that saving is much easier than you think. You just need to #savesmarter…. Read more
Binary Options 101
We often talk here on The Savvy Scot about ways to diversify your income streams. That is really important, because if you only rely on one source of income, such as your primary job, if that source dries up, you are in a tough position. I always try to have half a dozen streams… Read more
Nutrition for True Adrenaline Junkies
Extreme sports might be high-flying, hair-rising activities, but they’re also exercise. As such, extreme sport athletes should be just as aware of sports nutrition as more conventional athletes like bodybuilders and powerlifters. Whether it’s snowboarding, rock climbing, martial arts, parkour or even base jumping, getting your nutrition right so that your body is in shape… Read more
Average Car Insurance Rates in Quirky States
The world of insurance can be a confusing one. If it’s not the contract jargon, it’s the myriad numbers, formulas, rates and options all vying for your attention on a piece of paper or screen. In short, going over an insurance policy is far from a pleasure read for most people. But when you consider… Read more
Efficiencies on the rise within the training sector
Although entirely different, price comparison websites (PCWs) and learning management systems share two key commonalities; they both increase time and cost efficiencies. These are both commonplace features within many sectors, however the combination of the two within the training industry is an entirely new creation that is set to transform the professional lives of learning… Read more
Invest In Feet
Two cousins from a long line of cobblers are on a mission to transform the shoe industry and change everything you think you know about footwear and your feet.Barefoot shoe pioneer Vivobarefoot is launching a crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube that will ramp up its mission to change what they believe to be an out-of-date and… Read more
Council Tax to rise by £520 a year for Scotland’s biggest homes
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced a major shake-up of the Council Tax system in Scotland, ending the freeze from next year and adding up to £520 per annum to the country’s biggest homes. From April 2017, councils will be able to raise the levy by up to 3% as the SNP calls time on… Read more
Link Building Strategies that Work in 2016 and Beyond
When I first started to write about europalace casino games in the early 2000s (on a different blog, of course), I found that link building was easy. In a few days I’ve manually registered my URL in a bunch of web directories which transfer link juice, about 100 of them, and watched Google follow them… Read more
Home insurance made simple
I have always been confused about insurance. And I am not the only one. Two thirds of consumers find insurance too confusing, according to a Co-op press release. Most of the time, I just resort to saving, thinking whatever insurance I take, the company won’t cover it anyway, so I should budget for replacing things… Read more
Thinking about buying a car on finance? Read this first
Credit Your car is one of the biggest investments you’re likely to make. It is an essential for many of us, but people often having a hard time saving to pay upfront for a brand new car, tax and insurance all at once. That is why buying a car is one of the most… Read more