Michael Taggart, Author at Mouthy Money

The Mouthy Money Podcast

No money topic is too big or too small. Welcome to the Mouthy Money Podcast,…

Mouthy Money Competitions

Welcome to Mouthy Money Competitions! We offer regular personal finance book, and other special competitions, to readers.

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…

Five ways to save money and pay off debt sustainably

Tolu Frimpong explores five easy ways to save money and decrease debt, while reducing your…

My boss wants me to return to the office, can I say no?

Mouthy Money Your Questions Answered panelist, Ian Jones, answers a reader’s question on how to…

The psychology of pension success: Can you trick yourself into saving more?

Helena MacPherson highlights Brits’ pension saving struggles, urging small actions, connecting with the future self,…

There is no panacea to financial struggles of the many

Mouthy Money editor Edmund Greaves considers the findings of the latest Money Matters Index report…

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: Eastbourne to be wild

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

Diary of an SME Owner – my first paycheck

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

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…

My life with a 110% subprime mortgage

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…