Keeping business finance on track
Whatever the size of your business, keeping up with your finances is of paramount importance and yet sometimes for the small businessperson, it can seem that keeping on top of the finances is more like a part time job.
However, there is no escape from this chore, no matter how much it is disliked. The business [...]
A few days from financial ruin
For anyone who is unlucky enough to lose their job or those that find themselves in the situation where they are unable to work through illness. It has been estimated that over thirty per cent would only be able to survive financially for just eleven days.
This terrible thought just highlights the delicate line that people [...]
Hundred billion notes on eBay
For some people being rich is the be all and end all of everything, with the ultimate goal being a millionaire. However, these days just being a millionaire is so common as there are so many of those around, now a multi billionaire that is a completely different story.
Nevertheless, it may not be as hard [...]
Food prices increasing due to bio fuels
When bio fuels first started appearing they were greeted as the next greatest thing to hit the automotive world. But as this new form of making our fuel resources last longer has become popular, there are now concerns that maybe bio fuels aren’t as great as we first thought.
Environmental campaigners are now claiming that the [...]
Cutting the cost of filling up
As the price of fuel seems to increase almost on a weekly basis, we have several choices to combat the fuel price crunch. We can just grin and bare it, don’t drive at all or we can take some positive action and find ways of cutting the price of filling up.
Below are some ideas to [...]
The cost of copying
In Canada there is a new copyright law going through the process needed, which could mean that anyone found copying copyrighted work will no longer have to face a potential fine of a $100,000, in fact with the limitations, it may only be as much as $500!
This is because the law is changing the statutory [...]
Channel Four pays £150,000 ransom
Paying kidnappers is supposed to be a definite no for anyone or organisation to even consider as an option. For one reason there is the possibility that the hostage will not be released, or that the payment will just encourage them to do the same thing over again as it is a good money spinner.
Obviously [...]
Saving money on petrol
With the price of fuel taking off, the cost of filling up is getting higher virtually every week! But for some people who are already feeling the pinch from the credit crunch, these small but regular increases will eventually reach a point where the cost of driving is quite simply too high.
But as normal there [...]
How to be smart with money
The time to start to have look at how your finances are going is now, when time are beginning to get tight. Things like the credit crunch may not be having a direct effect on your finances yet, but it will eventually as food and fuel prices begin to bite.
So what can you do to [...]
TV stars earning millions
As many people are feeling the credit crunch, it seems that this is not the feeling that the stars on TV and Radio are getting. With recent reviews of spending and costs it has been revealed that around forty of the most popular faces of TV and Radio are earning over one million pounds per [...]
May 29, 2008Looking after the pennies
There is that saying where looking after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves. Well one man in the US did just that and has allegedly fleeced banks out of $50,000 a few cents at a time.
Anyone who has opened up a PayPal account will know that they deposit a small amount into [...]
The Pentagon misplaces $15 Billion
Everyone who is in charge of any organisation whether it is large or small, private or publicly funded, always feels a little bit of anxiety so we can only imagine how the person in charge of the Pentagon feels when the auditors come back saying that there is $15 billion missing!
But we should not be [...]
Bad News: Oil hits $130 a barrel!
As if things were not bad enough for everyone the price of a barrel of oil has now reached the heady heights of $130, meaning that the price of fuel is going to be more expensive as well as everything associated with it.
So it not only means that petrol goes up, but because food and [...]
How to control your credit card
Getting into the credit card trap is so easy for some people to fall into these days, with so much credit being offered sometimes it is just too hard for some people to say no, even though they know that they could be heading into trouble.
Here are some tips to help avoid the trap:
Restrict yourself [...]
The most expensive day
Could the 6th May actually be the most expensive day on the yearly calendar for UK residents? Well if we listen to the Carphone Warehouse then we would just have to agree. They have been doing a bit of research and have found the real reasons behind why this date is so significant for the [...]
April 29, 2008Banks to offer same day clearance
From the end of May bank customers who bank online or over the phone will be able to see their transactions be completed the same day. At the moment anyone that makes an online or phone transaction will have to wait a minimum of three days for the funds to clear.
But as from the 27th [...]
Euros accepted in New York
The strength of the Euro cannot be denied these days, it is not the Mickey Mouse currency that many people believed that it would be. But the biggest casualty of the Euros success has to the US Dollar. This has been seen to slip further and further down, so much so that travelling to the [...]
February 11, 2008Getting out of debt
Getting into debt is easy when compared on how to get out of it, but even though at the time it may seem to be a mountain that is impossible to climb there are ways of getting out of debt. It may take a bit of time and a lot of organising but there always [...]
February 8, 2008No need to visit the bank again
The time is coming when we will no longer need to visit the bank for any business at all, which for most people would be totally great and save on wasting time waiting at the bank just to pay a cheque in; yes soon there will be no need to visit the bank for that [...]
January 24, 2008New online payment system
Using an online payment system can have a nasty kick when you check out exactly how much it is going to cost you, it may be ok if you only use it once, but if you are running a business or working freelance and being paid via one of these services, then you really do [...]