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Archive for July, 2016

As a baby boomer – I just qualify I hasten to add as I was born towards the more recent end of the post-war period of 1946 to 1964 – I am a member of a generation that is currently under the spotlight for ‘never having had it so good’. This doesn’t come as a surprise for Scottish Friendly’s Disposable Income Index has consistently highlighted…


Last week, I met up with consumer finance journalist and blogger Michelle McGagh.   Michelle is making the news herself as she has undertaken a challenge to last the whole of 2016 – a challenge to induce palpitations in anyone else. Are we talking about white-water rafting?   Sky-diving? Sailing solo round the world? Nowhere close. Michelle’s challenge, which she embarked upon on 1 January this year,…


Keep calm and carry on. How very British. Despite the ironic use of “British” given the current circumstances, the mantra printed on just about everything from postcards to pinnies is not a bad one to follow in these dramatic times. I have lived through more financial crises than I care to remember. Indeed I first started working in financial services at the time of Black…


This June we took Carnegie Shortlisted author, Elizabeth Wein on tour. Elizabeth is the author of three brilliant books for teenagers each featuring female pilots in wartime. Her first book, Code Name Verity was shortlisted for the Carnegie in 2013 and her most recent book Black Dove, White Raven was shortlisted for the Scottish Children’s Book Awards 2016. Armed only with a selection of Ordnance…


The Scottish Friendly Children’s Book Tour went south of the border this June, hitting the B roads and navigating our way to 9 schools the length and breadth of Norfolk with just an ordinance survey map, a compass and historical fiction author and daredevil pilot Elizabeth Wein! Elizabeth’s current trilogy of historical fiction centring on heroic women pilots in wartime are creating quite a buzz…


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