This month we are fund raising for charity our chosen charity this month is a little known London one called Hyelm, which stands for House for young people of limited means, and is aimed at helping young people coming to London for the first time to find somewhere nice to live. I lived in Hyelm […]

We have been experimenting with USA based funding sites during May, the idea behind these sites is that investors can back a project without actually buying shares, so supporting a project instead of purely investing in them.  You might think that would not work well, but surprisingly businesses are raising $millions in exchange for nothing […]

I used to sail a lot as a youngster mostly mirrors and toppers, I also had my own catamaran which I kept in Cyprus for many years. At one time I really got into the sport, spending my free time whenever possible sailing, or going to boat shows and generally all things sailing related. Here […]

Back in 2009 I made the most of the Global Credit Crunch and purchased a villa in Coral Bay Cyprus, I thought I had caught the bottom of the property market only for the market to drop further and for the Bank of Cyprus my lender to get into difficulties.   However the purchase was a […]

I went for the first time skiing in Bankso Bulgaria last year. Previously I’ve skied all around Europe and a lot in North America, so I really did not know what to expect from Bankso – but it was really good. The price – well trust an accountant to want to talk about price first, […]

For the last three years I’ve been supporting an Orphange in the East of Ukraine, the conflict with Russia doesn’t make headlines in the West any longer, but it does continue and daily it seems there are casualties on both sides, the hidden side of the conflict is that many children end up loosing both […]