Sarah Coles is a Finance Expert at Yahoo Finance. She specializes in personal finance topics, including credit health, debt management, retirement planning, saving and investing, as well as the housing market and residential real estate. Sarah's insights and analysis have been featured in numerous outlets, including Yahoo Finance France, Hargreaves Lansdown, and The i Paper.
Preston is the artificial intelligence that powers the Intelligent Relations PR platform. Meet Preston
United Kingdom (National)
Not enough data
Sarah Coles focuses mainly on personal finance, with an emphasis on taxes, savings, investments and the gender pay gap. She frequently cites data and provides how-to guides in her articles. If you have expertise in any of these areas and can provide actionable advice or analysis backed by credible data, Sarah may be interested in your insights.
Given Sarah’s national focus on the United Kingdom, she may particularly appreciate pitches that offer a UK-specific angle or address issues relevant to UK residents regarding personal finance matters.
Consider offering expert commentary or unique perspectives related to tax changes, investment strategies specific to the UK market, gender pay gap implications for personal finance decisions, and practical tips for optimizing savings within the context of UK regulations.
This information evolves through artificial intelligence and human feedback. Improve this profile .
By: Sarah Coles
I had a brilliant plan. My son left school last year, so the idea was for him to go to Australia for a year, find work, live independently, and get some life experience under his belt. He would then return, ready for adult life. Like all the most cunning plans, it immediately went wrong.
Dividend tax increases have had a significant impact on investors over the past few years, with pensioners and average earners hit particularly hard. In the coming year this is likely to intensify thanks to the latest dividend tax hike.
By: Sarah Coles
Watching the international news is so shocking at the moment that you’d be forgiven for thinking you’d accidentally sat on the remote control and were watching a dystopian drama instead.
The consumer price index was up by 3.3% year-on-year in March, compared to 3% in February, as the UK begins to see the effects of the US-Iran war in prices.
By: Sarah Coles
Last week my son was attacked by a stingray. Regular readers will know he’s recovering from glandular fever on the other side of the world.
Life is getting more expensive. Inflation may have slowed from the horrendous highs of the post-pandemic period, but we’re still feeling the squeeze. The cost of keeping a roof over our heads rose significantly, with rent and mortgages both up 14%, as rents climbed and homeowners continued to move off cheaper fixed rate mortgages.
After three and a half months of war between the US and Iran, there is progress on a peace deal that would include an extended ceasefire and reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
The impact of Brexit in the 10 years since the referendum is hard to untangle from everything else that has been going on over the past decade.
By: Sarah Coles
My family are apparently eating like millionaires. After every shop, once I’ve checked my supermarket receipt and recovered from the shock, I try to persuade them to give up lavish habits – like eating fruit – but they’re not keen.
By: Sarah Coles Head
The lottery of birth has a massive impact on Junior ISA (JISA) and Child Trust Fund growth over the years.
