So who moved the Bank Holiday from the traditional last weekend in August to this weekend then?  First I knew about it was when GM.tv started wittering on about DIY for the Bank Holiday!
It’s been a weird week without the kids - this year I’m coping better because I’m getting out and about more - [...]

This has been an AMAZING couple of weeks for lots of different reasons. It’s been so busy that, not only have I not had time to play with my new sewing machine, but, for only the second time this last year, I was unable to write the ezine!!
My twitterings kept the blog updated and [...]

This week I posted a blog posting picked up from another site, about whether the property boom had meant the death of entrepreneurialis
Read it here >>
The author seemed to be putting forward the view that entrepreneurs had been getting lazy and flocking to the property market - they put their premise forward thusly…
“The net effect [...]

My new sewing machine has arrived today (£32 from eBay - why pay more?) and it’s beautiful!
Well, it’s a bit old and cream coloured, but it’s in really good nick and it’s got everything I need (forward, back, ziz zag) to make lovely linen garments and it’s even got a “quick unpick” which you slide [...]

When I first started the Money Gym, and wrote the “Financial Intelligence 101″ tips, that grew into The Money Gym ebook, one of the most popular sections was the Property Investing Section.  Everyone wanted to know about investing in, and making money from property.
In the early days, when we used to host the Money Gym workshops [...]

Every so often a wealth creation concept or different way of doing things comes along, that just blows my mind.
A few years ago, when I came across the way my genius property mogul mates Greg & Andy invest in property, my head nearly exploded with excitement, and I couldn’t wait to share their ideas with my [...]

You all know that we love Passive Investments and we invest with them ourselves, as do many of our friends, family and clients. 
Here’s exclusive news and a link to a brand new video with Andy Shaw and Greg Ballard, who built a property portfolio worth over £37 million odd, with just one house, about 12 [...]

I knew Andy Shaw wouldn’t be able to resist on the dreadful headlines about the property market for long, and I was not disappointed.  If you can’t believe a man who, with his partner Greg, has built up a property portfolio worth over £30 million, then who can you believe eh?  Andy says….
“I was doing [...]

Nicola Cairncross recommends:  If you want to get control of your money, and discover whether you are going in the right direction financially, I highly recommend the Cashflow chapter in The Money Gym ebook (see pic on right for link).

There are two elements to good financial control;  one is to keep on top of and [...]

I’m a big fan of The Secret, the film about the Principles of Attraction.   It had it’s limitations and I don’t feel it went far enough on the practicalities of “how to” but I did get the one tip on the second or third watching, about feeling grateful when you are feeling down, which certainly [...]