So much has been going on this week that I’ve actually lost track of what happened at the beginning of it!

Rob from The Self Employed Investor and I have teamed up to begin a campaign to introduce a compulsory personal finance educational syllabus to UK schooling, at both primary and secondary levels. Lend your support to it and at a minimum like the Facebook page supporting our campaign, and share it among your friends.

Best from around the web this week

• Minimum wage, and why you shouldn’t be on it – Sterling Effort
• Should I dump my government bond funds? – Monevator
• Population Sustainability – Self Employed Investor
• 10 Worst Ways to Make Extra Money – Wise Bread
• Should over-50′s resign? – Help Me To Save

This week on Five Pence Piece

• Friday: Calls to Arms! Personal Finance in Schools
• Thursday: 10 Things to do after losing your job
• Wednesday: 10 things to do before losing your job
• Tuesday: Growing our own fruit, veg & herbs
• Monday Madness: 30th April 2012
• Monday: 10 tips to maximise your productivity

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Another week of yet more doom and gloom from the major news outlets about our economy sliding back into a (now double-dip) recession and other ‘cost of living’ increases.

There have been some great posts throughout the personal finance blogosphere this week though, and in case you’ve missed any, here is some weekend reading for you!

Best from around the web this week:

• Lessons in Negotiation – The Savvy Scott
• Are Shares Cheap? – Monevator
• What Will a Double-Dip Recession Mean For You? – TotallyMoney
• 5 Entrepreneurial Myths – Money Saving Challenge
• Inflation is Killing Your Budget – MoneyNing
• The Balanced Portfolio – Self-Employed Investor

I’m SO Excited!

The economy may have been faltering, but it has been a great week for Five Pence Piece! I have been kindly listed in Money Saving Challenge’s UK Personal Finance Blogosphere of 2012 which is really, really cool! I’m also pretty darn happy with where the blog is listed (almost right in the middle of all categories).

Somehow I’ve also managed to land in TotallyMoney’s top pick of posts for this week, twice in a row. I guess I must be doing something right!  The Telegraph also has a link to my blog in their Money Saving Tips section (see external links about 3/4 down the page in the middle column) which I’m really excited about as well.

This Week’s Five Pence Piece Posts:

• Friday: Frugal Friday! 5 Tips to Cut Your TV Costs
• Thursday: Is Passive Income Just a Dream?
• Wednesday: 6 Things I’d Do if I Won The Lottery
• Tuesday: Smoking And The Economy
• Monday Funny Money: 23rd April 2012
• Monday: The Crazy Cost of a Stamp
• Sunday: April’s Armchair Investing Update

Hope you all have a great weekend!

It has been an interesting week in the personal finance world. Announcements left right and centre from the government about ongoing changes, challenges and rebellions to pensions, pay, conditions and more. It has also been an active week in the personal finance blogging world, too.

Best From Around The Web This Week:

• Passive Investing Guide - Monevator
• 10 Fun Tax Facts - Budgets Are Sexy
• RoR for Different Investment Asset Classes – Objective Wealth
• 4 Things They Didn’t Tell You About Life – The Savvy Scott
• Is Your Mortgage A Ticking Timbomb? – TotallyMoney
• Five Financial Lessons from The Hunger Games - Wise Bread
• From Eviction to Vacation in 10 Months – @TomMeitner

And This Week, Closer to Home:

• Friday: Frugal Friday! 10 Tips for Affording Your Summer Holiday
• Thursday: 70% of the UK Population Have Poor Credit
• Wednesday: Should Food Waste Be Taxed
• Tuesday: Internet Vouchers Save Trees & Money
• Monday Funny Money: Inaugural – 14th April 2012
• Monday: Identify Your Money Drains (and Get Rich)

Hope you all have a great weekend!