Iona Bain is an award-winning writer, author, speaker and broadcaster who specialises in personal finance. She came to prominence as the founder of Young Money Blog, the first blog in the UK devoted to young people’s finances.
Young Money was founded in 2011 and went onto become one of the most pioneering and influential personal finance blogs in the UK. Iona retired from active blogging in 2021 to concentrate on other exciting projects but you can find out more about what Young Money has achieved below, and the wealth of knowledge Iona built up around young people’s finances over 10 years.
Iona Bain is an award-winning speaker, author, writer and broadcaster – and she’s on a mission to help young people get to grips with personal finance.
Are you young and feeling left behind financially? It doesn’t have to be this way. The UK’s leading millennial money expert, Iona Bain, is on a mission to help young people own their futures, once and for all.
In this fun, wise and incredibly helpful book, Iona explains why investing matters. She also shows you how to get your basic finances right, save for your first home and make your pension socially responsible. You’ll find out all about the rewards and risks of online investing, from sexy stockpicking apps to digital wealth managers, and learn how to manage your long-term finances so you can avoid major mistakes and achieve your goals.
Inflation is up again today 😑 So let me explain what the Goldilocks fairy tale has to do with the cost of living crisis… 🐻 Inflation is the rate at which prices rise – to put it simply, if a box of stuff costs £100 today, and inflation is
Calling all fellow Scots – unless you live in beautiful Shetland, your council tax is going up! Let me explain why… Council taxes pay for all sorts of services in
Today, the energy rate cap rises by 54%! 😲 You’ll have already received your energy bills in the past few weeks, and hopefully started taking action. Our energy bills
Dipping into your overdraft – is it a case of “oops, I did it again”? Overdrafts are one of the most expensive ways to borrow, so here’s why it’s not
I’ve become a fierce advocate of financial independence. The latest statistics show that the female employment rate today is 72%, the highest it has ever been, while the gender pay gap remains stubbornly high at 15.4%. It’s clear women are becoming a powerful labour force to be reckoned with. But
I was honoured to become a weekly columnist for the iNewspaper earlier this year. Here on Young Money, I’ll give you a taster of what I’ve been writing about every
A new report from Save The Student has found that almost £1bn has been wasted on unused university accommodation this year. Iona commented on this for the FT yesterday and
I launched the Own It podcast with my dad (!) last week and I’m very pleased to say you now watch the first episode on Youtube. We filmed it in
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