Financial Resolutions
Money Box
BBC
4.2 • 825 Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2019
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
A New Year, a new you!
Many of us have committed to eat better and get fitter. But just as popular is to save more.
We want to know how you have resolved to improve YOUR personal finances. Email us: moneybox@bbc.co.uk or call us from 1300 on 16th January on 03 700 100 444, geographic charges from landlines and mobiles apply. Let us know how you're doing.
Presenter: Louise Cooper Producer: Alex Lewis Editor: John Murphy
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| 0:42.8 | Good afternoon. |
| 0:47.6 | Many of us commit in a new year to eat better and get fitter. |
| 0:50.9 | Well, how's that going on day 16 of 2019? |
| 0:58.1 | But just as popular, a new year's resolution, is to save more. So today we are looking at the financial commitments you should make for the coming 12 months with the aim to make you |
| 1:03.4 | wealthier, calmer and more in control of your money. So have these people in London made a New Year's |
| 1:09.7 | financial resolution and what is it? |
| 1:12.4 | My new year financial resolution is to look more closely at my pension. Hopefully save myself |
| 1:19.1 | some money by consolidating into one fund. Yes, I have made a New Year's financial resolution. |
| 1:26.0 | One of them being to save up to make a proposal and a wedding as well. |
| 1:30.4 | So my financial New Year's resolution is to spend less money on food outside and to have |
| 1:37.8 | more food prepared at home. |
| 1:39.7 | I've made a financial resolution to pay off my credit card and start saving. I'm looking at |
| 1:45.0 | retraining and getting a new jump hopefully. Fingers crossed come May, then I'll be more financially saving |
| 1:51.6 | it. So if you have committed to your own New Year's financial resolution, what is it? Or do you |
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