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Guest Blog: Post University Blogger (P.U.B.) is …a Smart and Savvy Saver

October 30, 2013 by Steven Sparling 4 Comments

Welcome back to Annie to tell us more about how she manages her money as a creative 20-something. Once again it’s fantastic to hear from her. Now over to Annie…. —————————————————- Hope you’ve all been well since my last blog post. Did you implement any of the techniques I told you about? Let me know […]

Filed Under: Financial, Guest Post Tagged With: Actor, budgeting, business, creative, Creative entrepreneur, Financial, graduate, saving, Writer

101 Ways to Cut Down Your Spending

October 17, 2013 by Steven Sparling 2 Comments

We’ve been talking about money for about 6 weeks now – how to track it, why it’s important, how much you need, etc. If you’ve been starting to look closely at your own finances, you’re probably discovering you could do with some creative ways to stretch your money further. Never fear. We heed your call […]

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Guest Post: Post University Blogger – Money Managing Maestro

October 2, 2013 by Steven Sparling 5 Comments

This week we have another guest blog from Annie Harris who has written two posts already for us on Networking and  another on one Juggling Jobs. As we are talking about money and finance, Annie has drawn back the curtains on how she – a young university graduate trying to make her way as an […]

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How Much Does It Cost To Be You?

September 18, 2013 by Steven Sparling 5 Comments

Have you ever asked yourself this question? It seems a bit bizarre, but I want you to start to figure out how much money you need on a monthly basis to be ‘you.’ This starts by figuring out who ‘you‘ are. If you’re a potter, then ‘you’ will probably not be ‘you’ without your own […]

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Budgeting for Creative Survival

May 25, 2012 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

There are many great things I took away from my MA in Creative Entrepreneurship from UEA (http://www.uea.ac.uk/hum/mace/courses/ma-creative-entrepreneurship). The  course leader, Ian Chance, is a charming man with a lifetime worth of experience in the field. He’s also wickedly funny. One of the things he taught us was to have our cabbages budget.  As well as […]

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