Video – Talking Money
DadTalk and Family Matters Institute CEO Matt Buttery discusses finances from a dad and families point of view.
He covers budgeting, talking about money with your kids, advice on what to do if you have a surplus and what to do if your in debt.
You spend a lot of time earning money to buy food- and when that food is wasted you're also losing money. In the UK we throw away 9.5 million tonnes of food each year. As the waste food degrades in landfill sites it releases methane gas which contributes to global...
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Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery. --Charles Dickens Money. It's not a fun subject, but a necessary one. Sorting your finances gives...
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You had your world turned upside down by your first child. You are battle scarred, sleep deprived and now expecting number two. Your days of lazy lie-ins and freedom are distant memories, but your life is also very full with the joy your child brings. So, here is the...
