When it comes to making improvements to your business, the first thing that likely comes to mind is a brand new office, maybe upgrading the company vehicles, or hardware such as computers/phones/peripherals. In reality, the same principles apply to your own home. One thing that may not be at the top of the list, but… Read more
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Change Your Life – Step 7 Improve Your Social Life
Need to play catchup? Part 1 – Exercise Part 2 – Eating Healthily Part 3 – Get Knowledge Part 4 – Your Appearance Part 5 – Learn New Skills Part 6 – Fix Your Wardrobe So you have followed steps 1 through 6 and you are well on your way to making a significant change… Read more
People Got Me Questioning – Where is the LOVE?
It’s been another mad few weeks at SavvyScot HQ. I spent the weekend in central London – dining in Chinatown and visiting the Olympic Stadium. It is sad that the whole place looks like a ghost town! We also got tickets to see the Lion King in the West End which was absolutely incredible! With… Read more
The 25 Year Growth of Average Wages
There are numerous reports on how the average wage has varied in the UK over the last 25 years. Let’s take a look at the following infographic: The above infographic shows us how wage increases have varied by percentile of earners over the last 25 years. The graph essentially shows that top earners pay has… Read more
How Do You Protect Your Assets?
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
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
12 Crazy Disney Facts You Never Knew
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
The Lifestyle Carnival
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
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
The Sunday Review – Top Posts of the Week
I want to start by saying thank you to all my readers for another fantastic week at SavvyScot. Visitors continue to steadily increase with this week’s average sitting at 137 per day. The most popular post of the week was ‘Four Ways of Making Things Frugal at Home’ This week saw the conclusion of the… Read more