Money

Don't rely on plastic to keep you afloat abroad

Moneywise, August 2008
We were down to our last few Thai baht when I saw a cash machine. Without a second thought, I put in my card, punched in my pin and waited for the cash to come out. Except it didn’t. And neither did my card. My frantic button pushing produced nothing more than a message on the screen telling me to contact my card issuer

So relieved we didn't buy last year

The Guardian, April 5
Like many young couples, my husband and I have spent the past few years saving madly for our first house - and watching prices escalate ever further out of reach. But now we are counting our blessings that our offer we made last year on a one-bed, ex-council flat fell through

Money matters

Fresh Direction, September 2007
If you're about to start university, you've probably already taken a good hard look at your finances. Hopefully, you'll have organised your loans and bank account, worked out a budget and planned how you're going to stretch your limited funds over the year

High price of banking abroad

guardianweekly.co.uk, April 26, 2007
If you’re one of the many Britons planning to emigrate, you might assume you’ll be glad to leave behind the UK banking system and its excessive overdraft charges, pitiful interest rates and poor customer service. But if you think you’ll be any better off in your new country, you may be in for a rude shock