Media advertising is a multi million pound business and incorporates some of the highest paid executives in the salaried world.

It is always specifically targeted towards a particular audience with clever tricks to entice people to buy every product on the market. In fact, without media advertising, many products fall by the way side and are discontinued.

I recently had a nice little win on the lottery. It was nothing to write home about but enough for me to think long and hard about wise investment.

I've toyed with the idea of exotic holidays, fancy cars, even plastic surgery but these all seem so superficial. Those who know of my win are suggesting an investment property.

I have a home already, a comfortable place that I'm happy with and won by a very strategically handled divorce.

What exactly is a leaseback property? Any property that is fully fitted and furnished, let out on a temporary basis and which provides hotel type services such as managed reception, breakfast and laundry facilities is a leaseback property. It can be a holiday, business, student or senior citizen's residence.

Leaseback is the English translation of 'LMNP' (non professional lessor of furnished accommodation) and refers to a tax status rather than to the property itself.

Managing cash flow has always been a bit of a headache for small businesses when taking care of their business banking. Customers often leave payments until the last minute or even overdue and this means that forward planning with money management is near on impossible.

Many small businesses leave financial planning and tax matters until the last minute because of this which can cause problems and incur financial penalties for the 35% of companies that miss deadlines through this practice.

I've been working as a content writer for an SEO company for a few months now.

I applied for this job because I know I can write although I had no idea what SEO was. (I hope my boss isn't reading this!) I've been picking up bits and pieces along the way and it's all beginning to make sense now.

SEO means Search Engine Optimiser.

House prices have taken a ridiculous turn of late with prices soaring way beyond the means of the average pay packet. Mortgage brokers certainly have their work cut out at the moment, trying to get good property deals for the mortgagee.

Bishops Avenue in Barnet, London, dubbed Millionaires Row has now been promoted to Billionaires Row because of the elevated prices buyers are having to outlay.

Reports have been bandied about in the press recently of the impending credit crunch that is expected to hit the US and will be swiftly followed the UK. Mortgage brokers are enjoying being inundated with home owners and buyers looking for the best information.

Financial institutions are doing what they can to counteract the possibility of a credit crisis with the main concern being interest rates.

Exhibition stand designers are a law unto themselves. While having a stock of standard display equipment, they also have to come up with completely innovative ideas for every client.

An exhibition or trade show is the ultimate place for a company to drum up new business. They can take their products out to the customers and with the help of exhibition stand designers, display these products to their full effect for maximum sales.

Over the last ten years, computers have come to play an integral part in all businesses - from companies of ten employees to huge multi-national conglomerates. As computer usage increases, so too has the number of MSD's (musculoskeletal disorders) that effect PC users. Research in 2001/2 by the HSE estimated that 12.3 million working days had been lost due to work related MSDs, a figure that has increased proportionally with the growth of usage over the last five years.

Mortgage brokers are more important in today's market than ever before.

Without good advice, losing your home to banks carrying out repossession is a strong possibility and this is where mortgage brokers should come into their own.

Losing a job or the break-up of a relationship are the most common causes of repossession but for many reasons people are finding themselves in a financial situation they are unable to cope with.

I've always been interested in property, having completed studies in interior design and have had a few lucky purchases when it comes to houses.

I picked up a bargain with my first house, an ex-local authority end terraced place that I purchased for an absolute snip. After the usual updates eg. new kitchen, bathroom and windows etc, I was able to sell it with a profit margin enough for a decent deposit on a beautiful Victorian property that needed a fair bit more work, albeit cosmetic.