Personal Finance Hub

Connor Campbell

Creating a student budget isn’t likely to be the first thing on your mind when you go to university. But, used in tandem with a student bank account, it can make your finances a lot stronger, and life a lot easier, as you earn your degree and have fun (not necessarily in that order).

Jeff Salway

Insolvency describes the situation where a person or company cannot pay its debts. This means the value of assets and income will not cover what is owed. Read on to find out more about the implications you need to know.

Connor Campbell

Starting your child’s money journey early in life gives them more time to learn and build healthy financial habits before adulthood. And a kids’ bank account can be a vital tool in helping them do exactly that. Find out the benefits of kids’ bank accounts below.

Connor Campbell

With one foot in childhood and the other in the adult world, those teenage years can be tricky to navigate. And money can play a big part in that. Opening a teen bank account for your child can help to build trust and responsibility when it comes to spending. Read on to find out more.

Brean Horne

If you need to cover the cost of emergency expenses or large purchases you may need to consider using credit. Read on to find out what credit is and the different types available.

Holly Bennett

Arranging and paying for your funeral ahead of time with a funeral plan can reduce the financial impact on your loved ones and take care of the details. Here’s what to consider, and how regulation of the market has changed.

Connor Campbell

A debit card for kids, in tandem with a children’s current account, can help build trust and responsibility around money while preparing your child for the future. Discover everything you need to know about what they are and how to apply for one below.

Connor Campbell

Helping your child understand how money works can be a fantastic gift to give them for later in life. Prepaid cards for kids allow you to start this process from as young as six years old, equipping them with the tools they need for when they grow up. Discover more about kids’ prepaid cards below.

Rhiannon Philps

If you’re finding it difficult to pay your energy bills, you may be eligible for government grants or support from your energy supplier. Find out what schemes are available to help you pay for your gas and electricity.

Brean Horne

Buy now, pay later schemes offer shoppers the chance to delay paying for their goods up front or to split the cost over monthly instalments. Read on to find out how they work and whether they impact your credit score.

Rhiannon Philps

There are several different types of energy tariffs available, so it can be hard to know how they all work. Find out whether fixed or variable energy, or another kind of tariff is right for you.

Brean Horne

County court judgments (CCJs) can stay on your credit file for years but they don’t have to be there forever. You may be able to get a CCJ removed from your credit history more quickly – here’s our guide to how to do it.

Brean Horne

Knowing what affects your credit score can help to improve your chances of being accepted for new credit. Here, we share the actions that could affect your credit score positively and what you should avoid to help improve your credit history.

Brean Horne

Credit scores can help us judge how likely we are to be accepted for financial products such as mortgages, credit cards and loans. Find out how credit scores work and why it is important to keep an eye on yours.

Brean Horne

Foreign exchange trading, or forex trading, is a popular investment choice in the UK. Read on to find out what you need to get started as a forex trader.

Brean Horne

If you’re thinking about investing in forex you’ll need a forex broker to get access to the market and start trading currency. Here we explain what a forex broker is and offer tips on how to find the right broker for you.

Connor Campbell

There are a few things you need to do, like setting up and funding a crypto wallet, before you can buy an NFT from one of the many NFT marketplaces that exist. But once you have done that, you have almost everything you need to also mint and sell your own NFTs.

Connor Campbell

NFTs are some of the buzziest investments around. Standing for non-fungible tokens, NFTs act as certificates of ownership and authenticity for mainly digital assets, containing anything from artworks to domain names to virtual sneakers. Learn more about how NFTs work and what gives them their value.

Brean Horne

In the UK investors lose millions of pounds every year to forex trading scams. Here we run through some of the most common forex scams and give tips on how to avoid them.

Connor Campbell

One of the best tools for getting gambling help is self-exclusion. By self-excluding, you will be prevented from accessing your online betting accounts for up to 5 years. Below we look at ways to manage your gambling problem, and how to self-exclude from both online providers and betting shops.