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 Recently, I had the pleasure of attending the premiere of a new documentary: The Millennial Disruption at the Curzon in Soho. Another jam-packed one in Young Money world.…
Iona Bain Welcome to Side Hustle Britain - where a quarter of us now make extra income for all sorts of weird and wonderful activities, from making healthy chocolate to…
Iona Bain If you heard me at the beginning of the year on BBC Radio 4's Moneybox live show, talking about my financial education documentary from late 2017, you may have noticed…
Iona Bain Living in London – it’s a dear do, right? But it’s also non-optional for many gen Yers. Job opportunities tend to drag us down to the capital, which…
Matt Bain Young Money Blog is very happy to report that Dreamland, the retro-themed amusement park in Hipster-on- Sea (aka Margate) is almost certainly saved - and quite possibly thanks…
Iona Bain I never thought I would write the following sentence; Metallica are in an invidious position. My exclusive report for the Herald at the weekend revealed how there is "a disaster…
Iona Bain When I first launched the blog six years ago, I began by asking whether the once-healthy festival scene in the UK was out of tune with young music…
Sheffield Antiques Quarter (pictured above in promotional shot) used civic crowdfunding to raise £16,753 to flag up its presence throughout the local area with signs and murals (picture by Amie Parsons)…
Matt Bain Re-opening in a blaze of retro glory last year, there was such a buzz surrounding Dreamland, Margate. The Victorian amusement park was once a legendary British seaside attraction,…
Iona Bain We have some unexpected but delightful news to report from the campaign to save the European Union Youth Orchestra! Following Matt Bain's barnstorming defence of this unique cultural…
“Why teach kids music when they could be learning something that will help save the economy?” How classical music in Greece is under threat of permanent extinction due to a…
Matt Bain It was dusk, and large crowds gathered ominously around the ancient cathedral of Rouen, capital of Normandy. As darkness fell I stood aghast as a ghostly blue light…
Disclaimer: This is what we like to (politely) call a “heritage” blog. That means we haven’t updated the information here since publication (although we have tidied up the format). A…
Disclaimer: This is what we like to (politely) call a “heritage” blog. That means we haven’t updated the information here since publication (although we have tidied up the format). A…
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