In the summer of 2012 one of the worlds greatest sporting events came to the UK. Looking back I still remember the feeling the excitement as the event approached especially since most of the events were happening in my home town of London. The fact that as a family we had a number of tickets […]
The run up to the festive season is an exciting time in my house. Sophie’s birthday is at the end of November. Charlotte’s is at the start of the December and before Cassie’s birthday on new years eve, and as Noddy Holder might, erm, half sing half shout… “It’s Christmas!” Now whilst it’s an exciting […]
As the days get shorter and the nights get colder I find myself thinking about warmer climes. I find myself thinking about days at the beach, dipping my toes into a hotel pool and enjoying a refreshing beverage whilst sitting on a sun lounger. I find myself thinking about days where nothing but eating, drinking […]
I’m a firm believe in the power of the plan. Planning provides clarity, encourages us to take next steps and provides us with a route towards the things we want to d o in our life. However many plans, financial or otherwise, are fatally flawed. Let me explain… The idea of a good plan is […]
I love to write. At one of the couple of my homes on the web (this site and my personal site www.chrisdaems.com) I spend a decent amount of time each week exploring ideas which interest me as well as sharing knowledge and expertise. Writing for me is an interesting process. It started off as a […]
I get to do some fun stuff. Today I’m off to the Dorset coast to spent some time at Camp Bestival, a weekend of fantastical fun in the grounds of Lulworth castle tailor made for families and with a line up designed to satisfy both children and their parents (it’s probably the only place that you’d […]
Without wanting to get excessively cheesy to early on in a blog entry, but… “I believe the children are our future, teach them well and let them lead the way.” …and whilst I’d concur that this lyric is massively cliched, overly simplistic and has lost much of it’s original meaning due to overuse there’s one […]
Automatic enrolment so far has been a success… Millions of us have started to save for our financial futures for the first time, Thousands of employers have put in place provisions for their employees and the amount of us deciding to opt out (after being nudged in to a scheme) are surprisingly low. However the […]
It’s always interesting to me what people feel is important enough to write a book about. Interestingly, and with the help of Amazon’s website and their search bar you can work out the popularity and prevalence on books of certain subjects. It makes for interesting reading but before I explain why, let me share the […]
As I write this, there’s a video advert knocking about on the web. It’s professionally put together. It’s effective. and It’s purely designed to invoke fear and spread panic about your money. The video in question is from a ‘leading financial magazine’ and uses every emotional trick in the book to get you to a […]