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Real Money Stories Podcast

Jul 29, 2020

This week I speak to Kathryn Knowles who combines the roles of business owner, insurance expert, mum, wife, fitness enthusiast and environmentalist.
 
A modest upbringing taught Kathryn the importance of minimising debt, working hard, saving and spending in line with her values and priorities.
 
Buying her first house...


Jul 23, 2020

This week I speak to entrepreneur Ian Beestin.

Ian's early money experiences of helping his dad count out the church collection money and collecting weekly customer payments on his milk round, stood him in good stead.

Ian explains how he turned £9,000 of regular savings into £50,000 by the time he was 24, and the...


Jul 15, 2020

This week I speak to financial services entrepreneur Holly MacKay.

As founder and head honcho of communications agency Boring Money, Holly is on a mission to cut through the BS, jargon and complexity of money and personal finance.

Although I have known Holly for over 15 years, I didn't know her back story. 

From...


Jul 8, 2020

This week I speak to fintech entrepreneur Abraham Okusanya.

From growing up in relative poverty in rural Africa. 3am starts working in the family business while still at school. And obtaining a scholarship to study in the UK. Abraham shows that where you start need not hold you back.

A dalliance with consumer debt, at...


Jul 1, 2020

This week I speak to Claire Walsh, the Head of Advice Strategy at Schroders Personal Wealth, one of the largest financial advice firms in the UK.

Claire tells of how her parents' frugal approach to money and their insistence that she take responsibility for her own spending as a teenager, shaped her money beliefs and...