5 ways teenagers can make money this summer

5 ways teenagers can make money this summer

Next week sees the last half term of the school year, and with it a closer step towards the school Summer holidays…which means spending more money for childcare, and coping with bored teenagers.

Lazy teen: time to earn their keep!

While we might not be able to do much about childcare costs, we can do something about the bored teenagers, and they’ll love the extra money their time spent with a summer job will do, too! So, if you child would have finished their GCSEs at the end of the school year, here are some ideas for summer jobs they’ll likely enjoy:

Online storage solutions: to use or not to use?

Are you making good use of online storage options? If you’re not, you could be missing a trick…and most of them are free.

online storage has many benefitsThe likes of Google Docs (soon to be Google Drive), Egnyte, Dopbox, Microsoft’s Live Mesh and many others give you the opportunity to free up space on your laptop, PC or tablet and access your documents wherever you are (as long as you have Internet connection, that is).

These days, you can access your important documents from your mobile smartphone across these online storage platforms, so you’ll always have access to them when you need them.

Here are some things to consider before you take the plunge: