A lot better second half, but should have been more comfortable and we can’t keep missing these gilt edged chances.
Just read this in book and thought it was worth sharing.
Working hard is great, but you also need to work smart. Most people work hard, this keeps you employed. If you are lucky, you’ll get 3% annual rise, if you are really lucky you’ll get a 5% rise, but do you want to rely on luck.
There are things you can do to increase your value to others. This is the most reliable way to increase your income. Most people will do what is expected of them, but only a few employees are proactive in looking to increase their value. If you are not sure what you can do to be more valuable to your employer - just ask them.
CEOs say these conversations are rare but they all cherish them. If your boss wouldn’t want you to ask, then it’s time to find a new boss.
My diesel cost for the coming week is 184 per litre. This gives you an idea of how much forecourts are ripping people off.
With us having the record number of youth in unemployment, let’s bring in another piece of legislation to stop companies employing the youth.
High petrol/diesel prices and low EV electric tariffs.
It makes you wonder whether this was all planned to force people onto EVs…..
The UK has just recorded its biggest month EVER for electric car sales.
In September, 99,199 fully electric cars were registered.
That’s 36.3% more than September last year, 28.3% of ALL new cars sold, and almost 5 new EVs registered every minute
So far in 2026, almost 455,000 fully electric cars have been registered in the UK.
Stop spending it on blue rinses, glasses chains and Werthers originals and you’ll be fine.
🚨 BREAKING: Andy Burnham is set to signal the end of the state pension triple lock in his conference speech tomorrow
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I’ll be honest, the era from 96 until the financial crisis was the best era for lifestyle, affordability, etc. and this type of stuff was the norm.
Had the sub-prime market in the US not happened then we potentially would still be living in those time, well, until we started printing money for Covid.
Let’s hope it starts to bring back those days
Here’s some figures to show you what has happened with the private rental market over the last few years and why rents have accelerated.
Now I appreciate that some people think this is a good thing as it forces landlords to sell up and let tenants buy, which is a fair thought pattern, but reality is something different as a lot of tenants, for various reasons, can’t buy, so all it is doing is reducing the stock,
Clearly the government are pushing out private landlord or inflating rents:
Section 24
Renters Right Act
EPC reform
National Register
To name a few recent changes.
Now, I have no issue with this, and I’d happily sell my properties, but none of my four tenants can find
