Premium rate phone number are expensive and they are not included in phone contract allowances for landlines and mobiles, meaning you’ll have a big bill at the end of your call. Plus, for many of them, while you sit on hold your call is costing you and they are getting rich for it. For every phone… more
Reducing Utility Bills – It Pays To Ask
When you have to live within a tight budget, everything you do needs to be audited. If we have to spend extra money on one thing in a month, something else has to give and it’s usually the food bill that gets hit first not the utility bills. The cost of rent and council tax… more
The Definitive School Uniform Buying Guide
I know kids are only just breaking up from school, and going back to school is the last thing you may be thinking about but, it’s time to start thinking about it – sorry. There’s only seven weeks until they’ll be back at school and between now and then, if you’re not super organised and… more
Travel Essentials for my Trip to Austin, Texas
In just ten days’ time I will be jetting off to Austin, Texas, for the Save Up conference. Save Up is an exclusive annual event hosted by Savings.com for DealPros in the US to learn how to develop their business, share knowledge and network with some of the biggest and best deal sharing and personal… more
Saving Money Isn’t Rocket Science
Saving money isn’t rocket science. If you want to start saving money, follow these simple and straightforward things you can do to start saving instantly. So you’ve read all the books on how to save money. You’ve written an air tight budget and you have a plan. Well that’s all OK but let’s face it…. more
Don’t Compare Your Beginning to Someone Else’s Middle
When you’re at the beginning of trying to achieve goals, it’s easy to get overwhelmed and disheartened by the progress of others. When I first made the decision to change financial habits it wasn’t easy. After years of over spending and not giving too much thought to the value of things, these habits were extremely hard… more
