MONEY MAKEOVER FOR WOMEN IN SCOTLAND

FINANCIAL WORKSHOP FOR WOMEN IN SCOTLAND HAPPENING END OF JANUARY 2004.

NEW YEAR! NEW FINANCIAL YOU!    

Calling all Scotswomen! Do you wonder where your money goes every month? Do you find yourself regularly in debt even though you don't seem to spend much? Is one of your New Year resolutions to get a handle on your money - but you find it all too boring and confusing to bear?

Then our financial workshop for women is for you. The workshop, called Taking Control of Your Money, will be given by financial expert and stand-up comedian (yes really!) Jasmine Birtles, co-author of 'A Girl's Best Friend Is Her Money' (Boxtree 12.99), aided and abetted by Motley Fool writer Cliff DArcy.

There will be two workshops in Scotland: one in Glasgow on Monday 26th January 2004 and the second in Edinburgh on Tuesday 27th January 2004.

The workshop is supported by the Motley Fool website (www.fool.co.uk) which has already run three sell-out workshops for women in London, all of which sold out within a week of launching.

"Women are actually very good at dealing with their money once they get the idea," says Birtles, "it's just that we've had so many centuries of being told not to worry 'our pretty little heads' about it that we have a lot of catching up to do. Once women do understand money and investing, though, they actually do better than men."

And women need to understand money now more than ever. Look at the facts:

- Women generally earn about 80% of what men earn
- Women usually give up their careers and earning power (at least for a few years) to care for their children
- The divorce rate is running at 40%, and rising
- Women tend to lose out most from divorce financially
- Women generally outlive men but have much less money invested to pay for their future
- At the moment, 1 in 3 households is a single person and it's estimated that in twenty years' time more than half of the adult population will be living alone. So any woman who's dreaming that her man will look after them in their old age can dream on!

Any woman who attends this workshop will find out how to:

- Take control of her finances and stop them controlling her.
- Learn to get out of debt painlessly and stay out of debt
- Become wealthy without trying too hard
- Have a retirement full of cruises and toy boys instead of cat food and day-centres.

Comments from previous workshops:

Many thanks again for an excellent workshop...Good motivating stuff and brilliantly delivered

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...I really enjoyed the seminar...very interesting and informative...also good fun...an excellent event

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...brilliant...the information has been outstanding

Workshop details

Taking Control of Your Money will take place from 6.30-9pm on:

- Monday 26th January 2004 at Jurys Inn, 60-96 Jamaica St, Glasgow, G1 4QE (0870-907 2222
- Tuesday 27th January 2004 at City, 1a Market Street, Edinburgh EH1 1DE (0131 226 9560)

The workshop costs 15 and includes a FREE glass of wine. Copies of 'A Girls Best Friend Is Her Money will be available at a reduced price. Places on the workshop are strictly limited so book now to avoid disappointment.

Payment should be made by credit card through the Motley Fools secure site at http://www.fool.co.uk/women.htm. Confirmation of the booking and a summary of the event will be sent by return e-mail.

For more information, email us at foolshop@fool.co.uk.

About The Motley Fool The Motley Fool's mission is to tell people the truth about finance, helping them take control of their money and make better financial decisions. Its UK web site was launched in 1997 and has over 250,000 unique visitors per month. It has published 10 books in the UK, of which the UK Investment Guide has sold over 200,000 copies.

Notes for Editors:

- There is a limited number of press tickets available for journalists who wish to attend. Please contact The Motley Fool to be put on the list.