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Archive for October, 2016

Beautiful Autumn colours have arrived in Scotland, so what better time to visit Scottish Borders, East Lothian and Midlothian with one of the UK’s best-loved authors David Almond. Competition Time To celebrate David’s tour, we are giving away two signed and dedicated copies of his books. The renowned Skellig and more recent mythical retelling, A Song for Ella Gray courtesy of Hodder Children’s Books. To…


credit: Michael Briggs Hello there, my lovely wee goalkeepers – it’s me Bob Friendly! Have you been diving, ducking and saving this week? We’ve got some awesome Premier League matches at the weekend that will leave you at the edge of your seat, clutching onto hardy goalie gloves, and twiddling your fingers in anticipation. The winner last week The bountiful Belgium, Thibaut Courtois, was last…


More than a third of people expect they will be saying ‘LOL’ to their grandchildren, our new survey reveals. In news that threatens to shake up the nation’s long-held perception of the Werther’s Original grandparent, the new Granennial will be a whole lot…well, cooler. We showed a list of acronyms and phrases to 1,657 UK adults, who either had grandchildren or had not ruled out…


credit: Wshjackson Hello my fantastic football followers. What a terrific weekend of Premier League action that was! We enjoyed some great results. Liverpool, Arsenal, and Manchester City go joint top of the league with 20 points apiece. Every week we pick a professional #SuperSaver who concedes the least amount of goals. Last week, we saw Everton’s Maarten Stekelenburg take the award after conceding one goal…


Could post-Brexit Britain be a good time to start putting back into our own economy? Interest rates recently dropped to an all-time low of 0.25% – a figure not seen in the Bank of England’s 300+ year history, so with poor returns on traditional savings accounts, why aren’t more of us planning to change our saving and investment behaviour? Scottish Friendly’s quarterly Disposable Income Index…


Hope you’re having a fabulously football Friday – we can’t contain our excitement for this weekend’s Premier League action. Here is a reminder of what went on last week The champion of the goalies last week was Everton’s Maarten Stekelenburg, who displayed some truly mouth-watering saves which left Manchester City running for the hills. We awarded Stekelenburg our #SuperSaver of the week award, and rightly…


Hello to all my goalkeeping Twitter followers! We saw some awesome goalkeeping in the Premier League at the weekend. There were some great and some truly shocking results – depending whose side you’re on! Here’s a wee summary. Our Super Saver of the week Can we get a drum roll please….our #SuperSaver this week goes to Maarten Stekelenburg of Everton! Not only did this marvellous keeper…


Scottish Friendly recently surveyed the country to find out how much disposable income UK households  have left over. When it came to different ages, we found some interesting results which we’ve detailed in the infographic below. For more information around the disposable income index, please see the My Insights Hub


Hello! It’s your favourite football tactician and analyst, Bob Friendly! I’m here to fill your brains with the latest footie gossip, and to exhibit the best goalkeepers from around the globe. Here’s a short recap on our #SuperSavers so far. Last week, we crowned the highly skilled Manuel Neuer as our #SuperSaver of the week. Thanks to the terrific shot-to-save ratio in Germany’s game against…


Good With Money recently pulled together a guide in their quest to try and understand finance for the over-40s – and the results make for interesting reading: The wage peak – for men Finances are markedly different for men and women in their 40s. Men aged between 40 and 49 will be reaching their peak earning potential, pulling in just under £34,000 each year. Women…


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