22nd Aug 2023
It used to be that loyalty cards were just about collecting points when you spend. Those points would then accumulate and be converted into money-off vouchers. Alternatively, the points would accumulate as a cash value which could then be knocked off your shopping. These days, loyalty cards do so much more. You can still collect…
22nd Aug 2023
As any parent knows, the six-week summer holidays are a mix of fun trips out with the family accompanied by meltdowns, chaos and mountains of money spent on childcare. With just two weeks to go before children head back to their classrooms, getting back to the usual routine should be music to your ears. But…
10th Aug 2023
Say the wrong thing, have the wrong opinion or share different ‘values’ to your high street bank and you could be one of the thousands of accounts they are closing every day. The scandal of de-banking was exposed by former politician Nigel Farage after posh people’s lender Coutts – owned by NatWest – shut his…
8th Aug 2023
We live in a throwaway society. Most consumers want the latest, most-stylish electricals, and are less-concerned with whether or not it will conk out before the decade’s out. But while you might prefer to buy a new American-style fridge rather than use the old under-the-counter jobbie you inherited with the house, you don’t have to…
4th Jul 2023
The sun is blazing and the summer holidays are just around the corner. For many people the summer brings with it the need to pick up summer jobs. Whether it’s to gather some much-needed holiday money, to fill a gap between other work, or just to do something different during this most sunny of seasons….
3rd Jul 2023
What a doll! The new Barbie movie, from director Greta Gerwig and starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling is out this month! There has already been so much hype around it, and it is expected to be a true hit. In honour of the movie release, we are here to round up how to make…
29th Jun 2023
Welcome back to our monthly roundup of the best free things to do with children in the capital (and beyond). I’m Emmy and for the last six years I’ve been hunting down the best events and hangouts for Londoners with young kids and writing about them on my blog, bablands.com. I’ve learnt a lot about…
29th Jun 2023
Welcome to the Frugal Column, where I aim to inspire you to live your best life without breaking the bank. My name is Jane Berry, I am the author of Extreme Frugality: Save Money Like Your Grandma. You can also follow my award-winning blog Shoestring Cottage and don’t forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel. …
22nd Jun 2023
Food banks for pets. It’s not just people who need food banks in these trying times. Our furry friends always need feeding, partly as a daily necessity but also to keep them from ending up in rescue centres or being abandoned on the side of roads or, as we’ve read recently, in bins. It’s unthinkable…
15th Jun 2023
This week, UK financial security charity Turn2us today launched its ‘don’t rule it out, find out’ campaign, which urges squeezed pensioners to check if they could receive pension credit. It could be worth an average of £3,500 a year. This Pension Credit Awareness Week (12-16 June), the charity urges anyone over 66 on a low…
13th Jun 2023
Grants for the summer holidays. The summer holidays are a fantastic time for many kids but can be so daunting for so many parents. With food poverty rife and the cost of living crisis in full swing, people need help. It is good to remind readers that there are many organisations who deliver food and…
6th Jun 2023
The best plants to forage – and how to use them Most people are rightly cautious about foraging for food. It’s not without its risks: lots of plants – including many popular garden or house plants – are toxic to humans and pets. But with food inflation at 19.1 per cent, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS),…
