If you or your partner works a regular 9-to-5 job and provides income for the whole family, you’ll want to make sure that you’re safe at work as well as when you’re away from the office. However, there are some…
Month: September 2012
The Lowdown on Life Annuities
Life annuities are often known simply as annuities, but the longer form of the name makes plain a simple and important truth. Once you have researched life annuities, and settled on a particular product, you have – after the short ‘cooling…
Protect your Family’s Finances
You work for at least eight hours every weekday, doing your job in return for a decent wage. The money you earn is to help keep you and your family fed, clothed and in a decent home, and you won’t…
Top Tips for Cost Effective School Lunches
It’s back-to-school time after the summer, and after we’ve got all the latest stationery, the Justin Bieber lunchbox, and the new school uniform after a growth spurt, the daily routine of school, home, activities resumes. For many parents, between school…
Property in the UAE: Recession and Aftermath
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) – and Dubai in particular – is an attractive place for foreigners to settle as it provides a very high standard of living and a number of tax-free zones in which people can save on…
How Does a Savings Account Work?
Everyone has saved something at one time or another, from important papers, to pocket change. When children are first introduced to the concept of savings, it usually is with the gift of a piggy bank. This is simply the keeping…
Money Saving Tips for University Students
Part of the fun of being a full-time student is the challenge of living on not much money. There are plenty of ways to have a comfortable life as a student, so being smart about what money is going out…
