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Households all over the world are looking for as many ways as possible to save a little extra cash. We're told every five minutes that the recession i...
We've all seen the expensive - and often incredibly annoying - TV adverts about car insurance, and how they can save you money and all the rest of it. But sometimes it has to be about more than just saving money, and more about what it actually covers.
Sometimes I think getting overcharged is part of travel but it doesn't have to be like that. I am currently on a short break in Turkey and I made up some rules about how to get the most out of being in Istanbul without getting fleeced.
As a keen cook, I love cooking with fresh fruit and veg, but while I want to spend time going to Cardiff's Market and getting all my shopping, I simply don't have time to spend half a day walking there and struggling back with a load of food.
Let's take slimming clubs as an example. WeightWatchers and Slimming World have on the surface quite sensible ideas around cutting the bulge. But both brands promote a range of processed products (bars, shakes etc.) that could be seen as easy replacements for other lower calorie, non-processed and cheaper food.
Half of students go hungry in order to save money, with even more ignoring best before dates, research has found. Three in five admit to ignoring b...
We need to encourage retirement planning, rather than using pensions as a political football.
When walking through some of Britain's high streets, one could be forgiven for feeling like they have stumbled onto the set of another end-of-the-world disaster movie. Whilst some are positively thriving amidst the bustle of January sales, others appear more like an adult's deserted playground.
There's no doubt that when it comes to saving we're all talk and no trousers. You could also be forgiven for thinking then that men are better at it than women, but even that's not true.
Shopping on a budget was something I really had to learn. I had never done it before. I Googled, I asked around, I made mistakes, I paid too much and then I learned from my mistakes. After 4 or 5 months I felt I had the budget shopping down to a fine art.
Ready-made meals fresh from the freezer seem have a particularly strong appeal when your bank balance is teetering dangerously close your overdraft li...
January is never a healthy time for bank balances. Whether you've splurged your money on mulled wine or elf outfits, most students are waiting hungril...
The advert in question - for an unpaid internship role which cites creating an "atmosphere of complaint" as grounds for immediate dismissal and carries a tone so opprobrious that you can almost hear the author tutting at the thought of you reading it - was revealed by the author as both an attempt at satire and a real job advert.
University. It's about meeting new people, living on a diet of baked beans and getting as far away from your parents as possible. Isn't it? Not anymore.
In 1999, T.V Smith, founder of the pioneering punk band The Adverts, sang "And I pay more for my food 'cause the supermarket's too far... It's expensive being poor because everything costs more." He had a point.
Women are putting around double the proportion of their earnings away in savings compared with men, research has found. Female savers typically hav...
It was firstly about the cost, which made me feel detached from the game, but it was more about value. Football made me feel ripped off more often than not. But now, I'm genuinely starting to dislike the game that gave me my first heroes, the game that I spent so much time playing, watching and talking about it. The news that Wonga, the loan company with the outrageous interest rates, had bought the naming rights to Newcastle United's Sports Direct Arena has probably sealed the deal for me.
We have an outrageously expensive rail network in the UK. Regardless of which franchisee operates the West Coast Mainline, this is unlikely to change any time soon. In fact, unless you are lucky enough to be able to book in advance, it's often cheaper to take the car.
Summer is traditionally a time when energy bills fall should, at least temporarily, from the top spot they seemed to occupy on the news agenda throughout much of last winter.
We suck at sticking to budgets: I do, you do and so does your mum.
In February The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) think tank released analysis which found that as many as 5million people are being unfairl...
We patrolled for six hours, a wearing journey I can assure you, and whilst never blasé, you can also become a little un-attentive after a while. 50 yards behind me a soldier lost his legs a couple of weeks back, 600 yards to my left is a sniper, to the front is a compound with insurgents, we can see them watching us, and the same to our right, a compound chock full of people who rightly or wrongly wish us ill.
Young men are some of Britain's most dedicated savers, according to data released today. Motivated by financial security and the desire to own prop...
I have a confession. I am a Mortgage-Free Wannabe and a spreadsheet addict. Well there are worse things one could be addicted to.
Having worked in the ecommerce industry for over a decade now, I am constantly surprised by the ingenious ways you can save money, from voucher codes offering percentage savings to using price comparison websites to make sure you're going to the best-value stores on the high street.
