HyperJar Blog

Are you part of a local community group keen to help vulnerable friends and neighbours with their shopping?

For many of us, money is going to be tighter than usual for the foreseeable future. But there are some simple things you can do to help manage a little better.

What unsettling times for our personal finances. We're all looking at our income and outgoings and wondering what both might look like in the coming weeks and months

We asked personal finance writer, Emma Lunn, to find out more about a savings technique that gives us a simple equation (but a very tough approach) for early retirement. And it could all start with Jars…

We’re often told to live in the moment, to enjoy the now. It can be decent advice, if you’re not appreciating the good things about your life, and dreaming too much of things you don’t have. There’s a whole mindfulness industry designed to help people with this:

We’ve had pubs for 1000 years, and the tradition of buying a round probably goes back just as long. But we all know it can get awkward, even among close friends.

Credit may be the right choice for you in certain circumstances. It can help with the ebb and flow of life and money. But real freedom and empowerment comes when you have a plan. When you’re telling your money where to go, not wondering where it all went.

Organising diaries and payments for a 28-strong group outing to the Harry Potter studio tour was a less than magical experience. But next time, it'll be a lot better.