Would you lend money to a friend?

Sixty per cent of people have financially helped out a friend, but less than half get paid back *, so we ask…

- EMMA ROSSITER

No

‘Some began to take advantage’

Rebecca Daniel, 33, is a transformation coach and founder of thejigsaw company.com. She lives in Dartford with her partner and their daughter, three.

For years, if a friend came to me for money I didn’t mind bailing them out. I was fortunate to have the means to help, but some began to take advantage.

One ‘friend’ asked me for a large loan and begged me to keep it quiet. Unbeknown to me, they’d asked someone else to do exactly the same.