Children’s education on money matters should begin in primary school so conumers know how to manage debt in adulthood, a financial expert has claimed.
Zoe Stevens of Confused.com said financial education would help the consumers of the future learn to maintain a high credit rating so they can access the best value loans and credit cards.
“Financial [...]
The recession has helped young people learn than “money doesn’t grown on trees” according to one financial expert.
Jasmine Birtles, founder of moneymagpic.com, said the recession has helped to give children a financial education.
The credit crunch has taught children that if they want something, they need to earn it, Birtles claimed.
“It’s made a lot of them [...]
Tony Hobman has been appointed by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) to run the newly created Consumer Financial Education Body (CFEB).
The CFEB is aimed at enhancing consumers’ financial education and their ability to manage their finances.
The newly-established CFEB comes at a time when the Government is concerned that a lack of financial knowledge means [...]
Since the onset of the credit crunch schools are increasingly teaching their pupils money management skills, a financial education charity has claimed.
The Personal Finance Education Group (PFEG) said it has seen a swell of interest in its programmes because of the recession.
PFEG’s school programmes are “more sought-after now because of the climate,” said Celia Allaby, [...]
Former James Bond actor Roger Moore believes encouraging investors to put their money into ethical businesses is simply a matter of education.
Writing in the Daily Mail on the way poultry is treated to produce foie gras, Moore said: “There are vile and inhumane practices all over the world, but I have always been a great [...]
The cost of putting their children through university is forcing some parents to remortgage their home, The Children’s Mutual revealed this week.
Students starting university this year will spend an average of £42,000 during their three-year course, and many parents will be expected to fund the majority of this bill.
“University can be as much of a [...]