21st Mar 2018
Apart from the promise of warmer weather and longer days, the change of season brings another great delight: sales shopping! Unfortunately, bargain-hunting Brits could be left out of pocket in the seasonal sales due to common consumer rights myths. Need an example? The mistaken belief that shops have to sell goods at the displayed price…
12th Oct 2017
You know the easy way to save on day-to-day household expenses? It’s to develop a few, simple, money-saving habits and just keep them going each week, month and year. It’s just like eating healthily: you learn a few rules (like not eating too many cakes and sweets and making sure you have fruit and veg…
14th Sep 2017
Let’s just face it: we live in a world where spending hours at the beauty parlour is no longer an option. With jobs, kids, pets and social activities to attend to, we simply don’t have time. Enter woman’s new best friend: beauty treatments on the go! With an exciting range of nail treatments to choose…
14th Jun 2017
Pet insurance is absolutely essential if you own a cat or dog. Vet bills can be seriously expensive and without pet insurance it’ll be up to you to foot the bill. At the moment a number of the big pet insurance companies are offering impressive online discounts. From less than £4 a month you can relax knowing that…
14th Mar 2017
You can find out how to haggle on the high street and how to haggle online quite easily. It doesn’t take a lot – just a bit of knowledge and some practice. It takes a bit of front but anyone can do it if they know how. Here’s our guide to haggling like pros! …
21st Feb 2017
Get free flights, hotels and days out just by using Avios. It’s easy to collect Avios but make sure you use them to get all the freebies! What are Avios? Collecting Avios Spending Avios What are Avios? Avios are not as complicated as you might think. They work like a loyalty points system – the…
13th Dec 2016
The Clear Your Clutter Campaign is a year-round push to get us all to make money, save money and gain freedom by de-cluttering our lives on every level. It has been set up by Jasmine Birtles, TV money guru and founder of MoneyMagpie.com. Jasmine says, “we lose millions every year by buying stuff we don’t…
27th Jun 2016
In the past few days you’ve been asking “how does Brexit affect me?” In particular I’m being asked “how does Brexit affect my money?” In fact I’ve been on most of the TV channels and a load of radio stations answering questions about interest rates, prices, savings, pensions, mortgages and jobs among other things. No…
5th Jun 2016
What’s not to love about cycling? It’s good for the environment, your wallet and, of course, your health. But before you rush out and spend hundreds on a state-of-the-art bike, or even just a cheap second-hand one, here are a few things you should consider. What to look for Where to buy Optional extras Government…
30th Mar 2016
We’re all guilty of it – the odd £3 coffee, the new clothes we don’t need, the overpriced branded products we could do without. Every day without realising it we are wasting money on little things that if saved could make us some serious cash. So lets make some money by not wasting our money…
23rd Nov 2015
Do you remember the survey you did for us a few weeks ago about how confident you are with online banking, what you want from the financial companies and what they could do more of? Well, we got those stats together and I told quite a few financial companies about it at a speech for…
11th May 2015
Jasmine Birtles paid off a £10,000 debt in the late 90’s and did it in a year. Here is her story including how she got into the debt and how she got out of it!
