So, is this a recession, then, or what?

Soothsayers and sleight-of-hand merchants, magicians and Victorian side-show owners. They’re as good a bet in understanding the current economic climate as anyone in the press.
I mean, what sort of misguided fool would proffer their opinion on this recession? Who’d be daft enough to stick their head above the parapet?
Er… me. I can’t help it. So, [...]

8/10 for NatWest, 0/10 for HSBC

Every business (except for some of those dodgy people who promise to tarmac your drive for cash, guv) has a bank account, so I thought I’d spend some time talking about a couple of recent banking experiences.
I am with NatWest, and have been for the best part of twenty years. In general, their service is actually quite [...]

A credit crunch story

I want to tell you a story about my friend Paul. He lives a few doors down from me, and we went for a drink a couple of weeks back. He told me an astonishing story.
Back in the early 1990’s, he was a bit strapped for cash. Somewhere along the way, he forgot to fully [...]