The big question when you’re about to move to London is whether you can actually afford to live there. You’ve heard the stories of the high rents and expensive cost of living, but what’s it really like? If you’ve got a job lined up, you might be asking yourself: can you live in London on […]
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Can you live in London on a £40k salary in 2024? The answer is pretty subjective. As you are probably already aware, London is one of the most expensive cities in the world, and living costs are high compared to the rest of the UK. When you factor in rent, bills, travel, and everyday living
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We are so often told to live in the moment, yet have you thought about what you want your future to look like? Having one eye on the years ahead will allow you to plan for what you want. Whilst the here and now might be tricky financially, if you don’t consider your retirement years
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We all want our finances to be stable, right? Not only now, but in the future too. When we look at our retirement, we want many years of paying in a pension to work for us. However much you have put away, you want that to support you during the twilight years of your life.
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Have you thought about your future? When was the last time? Where do you want to live? What countries do you want to travel to? Who do you want to enjoy your time with? We spend so much of our lives working, many of us don’t even spare a thought for the years ahead. However
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Christmas is round the corner. Whatever your reason for wanting to get a temp job this Christmas, there are plenty to be found in London. Whether you’re looking for a temporary job during the Christmas holidays as a student, you want to take on a second job as a side hustle, or perhaps you just
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Employer pension contributions can vary massively across different industries and different companies. A really generous, good employer pension contribution could be as much as 20% of your annual salary. But on average, you could expect between 7% – 14% contribution from your employer in the private sector. Some employers, particularly larger corporations, might offer very
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Financial wellbeing is now considered to be just as important as other aspects of wellbeing such as fitness and nutrition. It can often be overlooked. It is often not spoken about, due to outdated beliefs that talking about money and personal finance is taboo. But in 2021? More and more conversations are being started about
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For a long time, as soon as I saw or heard the word ‘pension,’ I immediately switched off. Workplace pension contributions equalled something boring that I didn’t need to know about until much later in life. For the last two years I have been pootling along and contributing the minimum amount required (3% of my
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