• Surviving Not Thriving

    I’m very lucky. I earn more than the average wage. And yet as a single parent I’ve been struggling in this cost of living crisis. But it’s not about me, it’s about all of us. Every single person form the “middle class” and downwards. We’ve all been having a hard time – surviving not thriving.… Read more

  • Chatting to a friend over the weekend she said she had shares in BT. I asked how much she was making in dividends; 74 pence she said. She’d inherited her BT shares from her mother who had them as a former British Telecom employee. That was a funny conversation. Making just 74p isn’t going to… Read more

  • Dehumanisation

    dehumanisation noun The process of depriving a person or group of positive human qualities. “the consequences of systematic dehumanization of one racial group in a society can be horrific” I was looking at LinkedIn this morning. I don’t spend so much time on social media these days because it can be a bit of rabbit warren.… Read more

  • TLDR; Generative AI has massively increased the amount of content on the web. Some people have exploited this opportunity to contribute to the sheer volume of content. Others have promoted these exploits, further increasing the reach of these methods. It’s 2008 repeating itself, when then Google CEO Eric Schmidt called the internet a “cesspool” Google… Read more

  • Now before I talk about my investments, let’s be very clear – they’re not massive. At all. My single biggest personal account right now is indeed my trading account. But in the grand scheme of savings and investments, it’s barely a quarter of what I currently hold. My mission is a simple one; to have… Read more

  • Only last night I was catching up with a friend, asking him if he’d had any more recent income from his Premium Bonds – After last summer he said he was getting more regular “wins” of £100 a month from his full investment in Premium Bonds. He said he never used to have so many… Read more

  • My GoDaddy registered name of some 17 years expired and they charged me over FIVE times its value to renew it! Read more

  • A colleague at work asked an interesting question the other day. He was quite sensitive of the fact that politics is personal and potentially quite divisive subject, so he didn’t expect us to have to answer, but he asked anyway; “Do you consider yourself left wing or right wing?” My immediate reaction was: “Well I… Read more

  • Helpful Content Since 2007

    For those of you in the website and digital marketing professions you must have seen Google’s helpful content updates. First rolled out in August 2022, we’ve had three helpful content updates now, the last being in November 2023. These updates typically take up to two weeks to roll out and complete. What Are Helpful Content… Read more

  • Margaret Thatcher was the UK’s Prime Minister for 11 years. In that time she started the sell-off of public services, caused massive unemployment, increased wealth for some as well as poverty for many, weakened the unions, cut funding for health and education, and created greater division and inequality which continues today. John Major was PM… Read more