Laughton Road

With my post-graduate course drawing to a close, I’m having to look around at jobs that I can apply for when it finishes. And now, I suppose. Better to get the applications in as early as possible.

When I first came out of university, there was barely a job to go around. In [...]

I’m sitting here watching the American football, which has started wonderfully, but I can’t help but feel a little bit worried about debt. Mostly because I’m starting a post-graduate course on the first of February, and whilst I am very excited about it, the finance part is very scary.
Really, the only way I can [...]

I’ve been reading up on the news on house prices and the housing market, because one of my friends is selling up and moving down south as soon as possible. The problem, though, is that things aren’t looking particularly good for his move.
He initially spent something like £200,000, I think, when he first bought his [...]

There is a piece on the Telegraph website on Manchester United, who are in tremendous amounts of debt. And it got me thinking …when football teams are in as much debt as this, it shows just how far the shadow of the economic downturn reaches: well beyond us to every aspect of society. There are [...]

Earlier on, I was browsing a list of property prices in 2010, and couldn’t help but notice that here, in the property market, things seem as nasty as ever. So much for the change that is supposed to be taking place at this time of year. So much for new resolutions and all the wonder [...]

I’m glad there is some NFL to look forward to this weekend, because so far it’s not got off to the most amazing of starts. Today, I’ve been looking at houses in Cambridge, which ordinarily would be quite nice I suppose, but it has left me with a little bit of a sour taste in [...]

If you’re one of the many people struggling with money during the recession, it strikes me that, if you’re smart about the way you do it, investing might be a good answer to it all. Think about it: everywhere around the world people are strapped for cash. People might do odd little bits and bobs [...]

I think this day – and in fact this week – has been missing any sort of real, genuinely happy news pieces. All I read about is recession this, global warming that. This story is a brilliant example. And if you’ve been looking for a good reason to stop smoking, you have one there: if [...]

This morning – and in fact, as soon as I returned from my walk with the dogs, and before I had even had breakfast, the morning paper came through the door. Just the local one; not very big, and not filled with many stories. But the front page was home to a very gloomy, very [...]