Michael Taggart, Author at Mouthy Money

Twelve great christmas gift ideas for older people (that aren’t socks!)

Nick Daws suggests 12 thoughtful Christmas gifts for older people, ranging from tech gadgets to…

Should I consider a 30-year mortgage?

Mouthy Money Your Questions Answered panellist, Mark Harris, answers a reader’s question on the pros…

How to have a frugal family Christmas

Shoestring Jane shares tips for a frugal family Christmas, emphasising budgeting, creative gifts, traditions, and…

The true cost of travelling – before you even leave

Sophie King outlines the pre-travel expenses for her long-term Australian adventure including visa, flights, vaccinations,…

Money word of the week – helping understand key financial phrases and ideas

Welcome to Mouth Money’s Word of the Week, a weekly dive into essential personal financial…

Tech is changing the personal finance narrative for young people

Sophie King explores how technology empowers youth to manage finances, with 83% of young people…

Is Gen Z taking retirement saving seriously enough? Just 15% claim to have a workplace pension

MRM and Mouthy Money’s Young Money Report finds only 15% of 18-30-year-olds have workplace pensions,…

How much is too much faith in a finfluencer?

Mouthy Money editor Edmund Greaves explores the findings of the latest Young Money report, with…

Free Cadbury’s chocolate secret Santa gifts for your loved ones

Getting Christmas presents for people can be quite awkward, especially when the response to ‘what…

Michael Taggart

Mouthy Blogger

Ex journo turned media agency founder and now managing director of MDTea. As likely to be found ranting about trains or his misspent youth as doing anything useful.

Diary of an SME Owner – Happy Birthday Michael

SME owner Michael Taggart ponders risks, reflects on aging, meets a hotelier, and pitches MDTea’s…

Diary of an SME Owner: the naked truth

In this instalment of his regular monthly column, “Diary of an SME Owner”, Michael Taggart…

Diary of an SME Owner: nightmare British summer

Back with his regular monthly column, “Diary of an SME Owner”, Michael Taggart continues to…

Diary of an SME Owner: How to open a bricks-and-mortar shop

Michael Taggart tells of opening his company’s first shop, a disastrous advertising campaign and a…

Diary of an SME owner: six lessons in making a small business work

In the first instalment of a new monthly series, one of Mouthy Money’s founders Michael…

What the hell is the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme for?

It’s Autumn 1993 and three fateful journeys are beginning. In the first, I am celebrating…

Like giving crack to a cocaine addict: my life with a 110% subprime mortgage

In 2005, I was given a 110% mortgage by a mainstream lender. For a feckless 29 year…

Introducing our writers

They are students, mothers, artists, job-seekers, office workers, political activists – everyday people facing everyday…

Brexiteers heaped lies upon poisonous lies…we need a People’s Vote

The moral case for putting the terms of our exit from the EU to the…

Money Web Issue #1: your weekly round up of the best of British blogging

There’s an increasingly big and brilliant haul of stories and advice out there about the…

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