Londoners will hardly be strangers to the baffling figures of the rise in property costs in the capital in the past five years or so. While this increase is nation-wide, the UK’s political centre has been hit the hardest. The…
Removal costs – How much do removal companies really have to cost
Moving house can be stressful, and one of the main stress points concerns how much moving house actually costs. According to a recent Buzzmove study, 3 out of 5 people say that moving home was either more expensive or a…
Inspiring Stories by Women in Technology
Think of a computer programmer and a dated stereotype will come to mind, probably something influenced heavily by 80s films and pacman obsessions. You will almost certainly imagine a younger man with glasses and poor fashion sense sitting hunched over…
Barriers for women in technology and startups
Did you know that the CEO of Buzzmove is a woman? A woman who not only started her own company, but who also chose to start a technology-based company, which makes her one of the few women in the UK…
Buzzmove pitching at Wayra Demo Day
Two weeks ago, on the 5th of December, it was time for the Wayra UK Demo Day. The day that we all had been preparing for, the ‘graduation’ from Wayra. Fifteen rather nervous entrepreneurs got to pitch to a room…
Payday loans – how they affect mortgages
A study by the BBC has shown that people who have previously taken out a payday loan are far more likely to be declined a mortgage, irrespective of their ability to pay these back. This almost unanimous correlation has…
Should people in their 20s rent or buy property in London?
“Just over half of Londoners live in a home they own” Our #ThursdayThought this week is whether it is better for people in their 20s to rent or buy a property in London. Assuming that mortgages are easy to come…