The real, youth-driven answer to Britain’s retail decline
As restaurants close & local shops get taxed out of business, we need a shot in the arm for young enterprise to stop Amazon & Netflix destroying our towns Iona…
This is a HUGE hidden trap of Airbnb
Iona Bain SO-CALLED micro-entrepreneurs risk sleep-walking into an insurance disaster if they have capitalised on Edinburgh's festival season to rent out properties and spare rooms through home-sharing sites such as Airbnb. More…
Dreamland has been saved – and we got it right!
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…
6 simple AF hacks to cut your car costs
FIRST PUBLISHED: November 5 2015 FULLY UPDATED: 2017 Jessica St Pierre Having a car to get from A to B each day is a luxury that we'd miss if we didn’t have…
Why the era of expensive music festivals might be over
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…
How saving helped Virginia become a FABULOUS traveller
Iona here - I was STOKED to see that the lovely Virginia Stuart-Taylor had devoted a whole blog to the virtues of saving, as I have been a big fan…
Will the Volkswagen scandal fuel a new generation of young ethical activists?
IONA BAIN The Volkswagen emissions scandal could prompt a new wave of interest from investors in scrutinising corporate behaviour and hunting down ‘ethical’ alternatives for their pensions and Isas, experts…
Renationalising the railways – how will Corbyn do it?
Matt Bain As Labour's general election manifesto is leaked, pressure will grow upon the new Labour leader to elucidate in detail how he will deliver each of his policies. In…
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Renationalising the railways: Corbyn’s young supporters have a case worth hearing
As Jeremy Corbyn's general election manifesto is leaked, this blog will be increasingly focused on why his economic policies are so popular with young people and whether they really stack up.…
NOT going to uni? How to manage if you’re working or travelling
Iona Bain You’ve got your exam results and even if you are confident about what you want to do, you will still feel the pressure of being at a big…
Don’t let your dream trip turn into a financial nightmare
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…
How are young Brits finding work? Moving down under
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…
How to get cheap train tickets this summer
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…
