Why Ryanair are thieving bast@rds
My partner has just been denied boarding by one of the Ryanair robots. You know, one of those almost human excuses for snivelling staff that makes Dickens scrouge look warm hearted. These robots it turns out are not happy that the nationality did not match the boarding card. So despite getting all the way to [...]
Can you turn yourself into an entrepreneur?
Are you born or made? Can you learn at any age how to be entrepreneurial? If you hanker to be a business leader can you go and just do it? Times are tight and you might find yourself out of work for sometime so then challenge becomes how to afford the cost of living. And [...]
Keeping your business sane with xero
For many the archetype business package has been Sage. However as more people move online to the cloud, newer entrants to the market have emerged such as xero which are completely cloud based solutions where you can access your business accounts from almost anywhere. Not only that but you can readily allow your accountant to [...]
Warren buffet says gold is not that precious
The legendary investor Warren Buffet cannot understand why anyone would invest in gold which is an asset that generates no income and no wealth. Buffet say that if you were to pool all the gold reserves in the world together you could buy several billion dollar companies that generate billions in income whilst gold earns [...]
Should you be a micro entrepreneur
Have you ever thought you’d be an entrepreneur but thought you’d need a lot of cash to start up then become a micro entrepreneur where you use a relatively small amount of cash to start a business. Such businesses can be started using existing platforms such as ebay to buy, sell and trade. You might [...]
Are rising rents going to kick start the buy to let revolution again?
For many homeowners they have become reluctant landlords after being unable to sell their property. As potential first time buyers struggle to achieve the mortgage deposit for their own home and turn to renting, could this be kick starting the renting market creating pressure on would be renters and hence increasing prices. Many estate agents [...]
Should you use a pawn broker?
Over the financial crisis there has been a resurgence in the number of pawn shops on the high street. This rather old fashioned “pawn” store is a place where you can sell your high worth items such as jewellery for cash. But more than that…there is a loan…where if you repay the money you can [...]
House hold name stocks paying more than 10%
With falls in stockmarket share prices, some shares now look really cheap compared with their dividend payouts. Two well known listed companies are paying out dividends of over 10%. Compared to paltry rates in the bank, investing in shares could over as much as 5 times or even 100 times the tiny interest rates on [...]
