Sand painting…amazing

Sand Painting

21 things to do that are Free!

I saw this on Ecademy and thought it would be good here. Normally, I don’t blatantly copy other blogs,  but the poster on Ecademy had copied it from another blog,  so I reckon it’s OK this time.
So, for me, a free blog, for you, a further 21 free things to do:
Go to the cinema for [...]

Energy Assessor

Many thanks to Nick Beetlestone, a brilliant Domestic Energy Assessor for performing a Domestic Energy Assessment at very short notice for one of my clients.

9 things the Internet has ruined forever

This is funny

Woolwich – reading the tealeaves

I’m not the biggest fan of Woolwich at the moment, they seem pretty relaxed about the absense of customer service.
However, they have come up with some interesting products that should appeal to many people, including 4 and 5 year fixed rates and some capped rates, even some capped, offset rates.
Anyway, what’s in the tealeaves?
Well, the [...]

Premium Bond rate changes

Premium Bonds are often regarded as a great ’speculative but safe’ place to put your money.
Your money, once in Premium Bonds is 100% safe and while you may win nothing, you may win £1,000,000. This doesn’t mean it’s a free draw – because you won’t get any interest on your money while it’s in premium [...]

Wow – I’m groundbreaking…

There is an article on IFA Life website and it’s repeated in IFAOnline – that tells about the benefits of Social Networking websites…
I have a Facebook Presence and I’ve been on Twitter for a few months (earlyish adopter…)
That makes me one of ‘The 10′ IFA’s in the country using Social Networking.
The article is here

Prescription charges

If you don’t qualify for free prescriptions and you have more than 14 precriptions per year, or more than 3 in 3 months, you’ll be interested in this.
It’s not widely publicised, but you can buy a annual prescription certificate. Currently an annual one costs £102.50 and can be bought over the phone and even paid [...]

New rates out – good news?

Well RBS/Natwest group have released some new fixed rates today and the Coventry have tweaked theirs.
RBS/Natwest
Have reduced their 2 year fixed rates and brought out some 5 year fixed rates.
Coventry
Have adjusted their very interesting 3 year capped rate – it’s now got two tiers – 65% Loan to Value has the same rate as before, [...]

Bank of England historic interest rates

This covers the period up to today from 1694.
1694 – not 1964 – so, 300 years or so.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=phNtm3LmDZEPN0XZoiXuQZA
Well, I was fascinated…