It’s not the first time I complain about HSBC now. For personal banking, the interest they give to your current account is dismal, 0.1% APR or something ridiculous. I tried to check on their website just now and I think they are trying to make it difficult for people to see their rates. You have [...]

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This is a rather unexpected exercise. In theory, I’ve sort of learnt from a friend Peter, who is a birding expert, on how to tame a robin months ago. And I’ve longed been wanting to tame one myself. But, as much as I wanted to, I just wasn’t presented with the opportunity. Some very simple [...]

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As a search engine, there’s no denying that Google is the king of the moment, accounting for more than half of Internet searches. The reasons for Google’s popularity can be down to its no nonsense, clean and tidy approach to the search interface and search results, giving us “good” starting points to what we want [...]

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This is definitely the heaviest snowfall I’ve seen in the UK, in almost 10 years I’ve been here! We have experienced one of the warmest month in January not that long ago. And today we have heavy snowfall all around the UK. Isn’t it interesting how global warming is affecting the weather pattern?

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Good article on inflation. Tells you that the current inflation can hit you harder than you thought it would be. So be careful when you read the inflation figures that are commonly used, such as the Retail Price Index (RPI) or the Consumer Price Index (CPI).

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