Author: Gabriella

• 10/10/2023

  Mortgages for Beginners

  A mortgage is likely to be the financial product which has the biggest impact on your life and choosing which one is right for you will probably be your biggest ever money decision. However, fear not as mortgages aren’t that complicated and two of the three types available probably won’t even be options for you…
• 08/10/2023

  Max’s Magic Moments: 3rd World Championship

  Max Verstappen is now a triple world champion and has earned his third title in an even more dominant fashion than the first two with few drivers challenging him for race victories putting him in company of the greats: Senna, Piquet and Lauda to name a few. Verstappen has had a stellar season so far…
• 07/10/2023

  Is Temu any good?

  Temu has been taking the online shopping world by storm with its trendy products at bargain prices – but is it legitimate? Despite only arriving in the market in the last year (and even more recently in the UK), Temu has already overtaking fast fashion giant SHEIN in sales volume. Temu’s products are suspiciously cheap…
• 05/10/2023

  TV Review: The Dropout

  One of the most galling, dramatic and disturbing business stories of recent times is the rise and fall of Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes. Theranos (their name a combination of therapy and diagnosis) was founded by Holmes to try and provide a rapid diagnostic test that only needed a drop of blood however from its logical…
• 28/09/2023

  Is happy hour over for Wetherspoons?

  In almost every town in the UK you will find a JD Wetherspoons pub offering food and drinks at prices often considerably cheaper than rivals to the point where the brand has become a part of the nation’s consciousness. However, constantly undercutting the competition isn’t always the best way forward and in the face of…
• 20/09/2023

  Is it better to have a Lifetime ISA or a Help to Buy ISA?

  One of the key financial goals people have is to buy their own home and two financial products that can help you achieve this are the Help to Buy ISA (H2B ISA) and the Lifetime ISA (LISA). For those who aren’t aware, an ISA is an Individual Savings Account which is a type of account…
• 18/09/2023

  Where did it all go wrong for Wilko? (updated)

  One of the national treasures of the high street, Wilko, has collapsed into administration and looks likely to disappear from the high street forever. The 93-year-old retailer has endured a tumultuous few years with three new CEOs in the same number of years as the beleaguered business tried to turn itself around and save the…
• 15/09/2023

  Are supermarkets profiteering from the cost of living crisis? Part 2

  The consumer magazine Which? has found that Sainsbury’s and Tesco may have been using misleading tactics to influence customer decisions. Both supermarkets operate price promotions only accessible to their Nectar and Clubcard loyalty card holders (which are open to most but not all) which have been accused of employing some dodgy tactics. Earlier this year,…
• 08/09/2023

  Are financial education games a good idea?

  Trying to convince young people to learn about finance and take an interest isn’t the easiest job in the world for anyone so people have tried to find cool ways to engage people: be it incentives for children’s banking or today’s topic…gaming. Online gaming is massively on the increase with the market valued at over…
• 03/09/2023

  F1 Italian GP Race Debrief

  Monza didn’t fail to disappoint once again this year with a race that had a record-breaking outcome and some thrilling battles up and down the grid. Red Bull: Take a bow Max Verstappen, 10 race victories in a row – a feat never achieved before in F1 and for once this year he had a…