By David Cornwell on
Monday, November 21, 2011 9:40:38 AM
Christmas is coming but for a lot of us the goose may well be anorexic. Juggling ever increasing bills when income is not going up and job security is a distant dream is difficult to say the least.
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By David Cornwell on
Monday, October 17, 2011 2:25:23 PM
G'day, I am writing this blog whilst supping a beer in a sun drenched Sydney harbour. 'Lucky blighter', I hear you say...
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By David Cornwell on
Monday, October 03, 2011 1:36:25 PM
People who happen to be retiring now or are very close to retirement could well be suffering a double dip to their pension expectation. First of all, the World economic problems have seen equity markets...
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By David Cornwell on
Thursday, September 01, 2011 3:50:28 PM
Speak roughly to your little boy,
And beat him when he sneezes:
He only does it to annoy,
Because he knows it teases.
Alice in Wonderland
We have come a long way from stuffing minors up chimneys, some might say too far after the recent riots! However, it is back to school time and many families will be suffering financially in trying to meet the costs of kitting out the kids. Interestingly, for families who are in real financial difficulties, there are over 3,500 charities which can give financial support but only 1% of parents seek help, according to Turn 2 Us which is part of a charity that looks into access to benefit entitlements.
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By David Cornwell on
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 8:45:00 AM
Today marks the fact that we now have only one year to go to the opening ceremony to the 2012 London Olympics. Whether you are a true Olympian or a couch potato it will be difficult to ignore the growing media excitement as the date approaches......
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By David Cornwell on
Thursday, June 16, 2011 3:51:00 PM
This week is Carer’s Week. For most of us, a carer is somebody else. Well, according to carersweek.org 3 out of 5 of us will become a carer at some time in our life. Carers are probably the most taken for granted group of people we have in the country.
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By David Cornwell on
Thursday, June 02, 2011 4:02:00 PM
All of us sun lovers have been dutifully spreading on the factor 15 during this lovely weather in order to avoid shrivelling up like prune or contracting all manner of unmentionable skin diseases in later life. Now we are told that factor 15 only protects to factor 15 if you trowel the stuff on so thickly you look like a human ice cream. Not good for your beach cred!
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By David Cornwell on
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 10:31:00 AM
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors latest survey has confirmed that house prices are still falling but at a slower rate than previously.
Historically, the Spring and early Summer is the time the British turn their attention to the sport of house hunting. Aspiring to own our own home is in our in our genetic make up, we have an instinct to nest.....
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By David Cornwell on
Thursday, April 28, 2011 7:55:00 AM
We go into the holiday period with a 0.5% increase in GDP over the first three month of the year which at least means we have avoided the dreaded double dip recession. The economy is very patchy though......
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By David Cornwell on
Sunday, March 27, 2011 11:18:00 AM
It amazes me that in a time of world recession there are so many nice people out there wanting to give me money or make me rich...
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