What does 2014 have in store?

It's that kind of excited and sad feeling at the same time. Sad because all the partying and over-eating and general over-indulging must definitely stop NOW but then that lovely excited and anticipatory feeling of "what does 2014 have in store for me?"

There is no getting away from the expense of the over-indulgent period of the year that we have enjoyed celebrating at Christmas. However, perhaps it's time to have a think about how to look after those hard earned pennies and do a bit of financial life style studying to see if we are getting the maximum out of our finances.

Sounds a bit like hard work doesn't it? OK let's start with something easy and deal with the hard work another time. To see if you are getting all the benefits and entitlements from your membership organisations simply register at www.iMember.co.uk. You will be guided through a simple process of listing all the organisations you belong to (you will be amazed how many things are actually classed as "membership organisations" and offer you substantial benefits). Once this is done, you will be told (or reminded) of all the discounts and benefits you are entitled to and had probably completely forgotten about. 

At our last count, the Ski Club of Great Britain  had 335 benefits on offer to it's members. These take the form of holiday discounts, ski guiding offers, ski wear - basically anything to do with skiing! But you can't possibly remember them all so let iMember remind you of them. Come and register with us now and see how much you could be saving. There's also a mobile app you can download which will remind you if you are near any of your member benefits whilst out and about.


So, how much is this registering and app downloading going to cost you? Absolutely nothing! Shall we say that again? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! 

What does 2014 have in store? Loads of exciting things and make sure joining iMember is at the top of your list so you can say straight away that you are starting to get on top of your finances.

Always look on the bright side of life

It is easy to see the worst bits of the economy. We are always being reminded of how expensive petrol is, how energy prices are constantly increasing, how pay rises are not keeping up with house price inflation and now we are being told that we won't be retiring (receiving a state pension) until we are 68 if we are now in our forties!!

But as those lovely chaps from Monty Python once sang: "always look on the bright side of life...*whistle*..."

And if you have registered with iMember at www.iMember.co.uk you can be bright and chirpy. There are so many membership benefits out there just waiting to be used by you. It's so easy in this frantic world we live in to forget about these discounts and bonuses which is why all you need to do is register and we will then remind you. Once you have registered all your membership organisations, download the free app and your mobile phone will alert you when you are within a specified radius of one of your benefits.

Don't be gloomy, be with iMember 

Are chimpanzees people?

The BBC today reports : "The Nonhuman Rights Project wants a chimp named Tommy to be granted "legal personhood" and thus entitled to the "fundamental right of bodily liberty"."

It must be a slow news day...

So iMember checked on Wikipedia and found that "Chimpanzees split from the human branch of the family about four to six million years ago" - so we're going to stick our necks out and go with "NO - chimpanzees are not people". But let's wait and see what the judgement is from New York.

However Wikipedia goes on to say that "chimpanzees...are capable of spontaneous planning for a future state or event."


So iMember started thinking, actually chimpanzees are pretty bright creatures so they would certainly be cautious with their money, plan how they spent it and want to ensure it worked hard for them and gave them the best returns. So when they renewed their private health care, joined a gym (to keep those chimpanzee waists trim), joined the Ski Club of Great Britain (to ensure they got all the best deals out on the piste), subscribed to The Times and became a Times+ member and moved all their chimpanzee financial affairs to Barclays, they would certainly ensure that they signed up to iMember at www.iMember.co.uk and were reminded of all their membership benefits.

As a "person", you can freely do all these things - make sure you're as bright or brighter than a chimpanzee and sign up to iMember today.