Sterling News Five credit unions in Derbyshire have re-branded themselves as Derbyshire Community Banks (CBD) and have launched a new...
Community Bank Shark Repellent
Nov, 30, 2015
Taming Black Friday and Cyber Monday Madness with Financial Literacy
Nov, 30, 2015
Competitive consumerism Over the weekend there has been plenty of news coverage about Black Friday, the consumerist free-for-all we’ve imported...
Higher Cost. Higher Education. Guaranteed Debt
Nov, 26, 2015
Getting into debt to get ahead! It used to be said that the two most expensive purchases the average person...
Austerity and Young People’s Prospects
Nov, 26, 2015
What does the future hold for the young? There is growing evidence that young people are suffering more than any...
Financially literate adults. Don’t count on it
Nov, 24, 2015
The Poor Standard of Financial Literacy in Adults Standard & Poors (S&P), one of the world's leading credit risk and...
Meeting the Demands of Modern Employers
Nov, 16, 2015
How should young people be educated for the future? The main purpose of an education system is to prepare young...
Career opportunities the ones that never knocked
Nov, 12, 2015
Careers advice and effective life skills education Sir Michael Wilshaw, the head of Ofsted, has accused some head teachers of irresponsible...
Loan Shark Bait? Young workers most likely to be caught in working poverty
Nov, 11, 2015
Victorian Values? In 1850, Charles Dickens published his eighth novel, David Copperfield, and in doing so introduced the world to...
Putting Education to Work
Nov, 03, 2015
The Blame Game This week there have been a number of stories in the media about the way in which...
The Children are our future and they need help
Nov, 02, 2015
Moving Goalposts in the Game of Life for Young People Picture this: You’re 16 and midway through your first term...