8 actionable steps to reduce the cost of your energy bills

In today’s world energy prices are increasing and becoming a real stress on your monthly budget, here are some useful tips to help reduce the cost of your monthly energy bills and try and save you some money. Switch providers – Gas and electric suppliers make the most of us being lazy, steadily increasing the [...]

Ideas to make money in your spare time

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Everyone can do with some extra money, unfortunately sitting around hoping that your boss is going to give you free money will get you nowhere. The good news is that you do not have to keep battling along, there are ways you can make money, and you just have to be willing to do something [...]

Tips to stretch $20

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We have all been in the situation where we only have a few dollars and we need to provide meals for the household until the next pay check comes in. A lot of people feel trapped and resort to taking out loans or going on semi starvation diets, especially if there are children, ill or [...]

Time Saving Couponing

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One of the easiest ways to save money is to make use of the coupons available in newspapers and on the internet, the problem is that many people do not have the time to search all over for the latest coupons or find that the offers are not suitable for their specific needs. There are [...]

Turn your habit into savings

Saving for retirement is best when you start young

When you looking at your weekly or monthly expenses you seldom think of your habits like smoking, drinking or that daily coffee at Starbucks, which is where you lose the most. The biggest asset that people in their twenties have is time and making use of that time while you young is the best way [...]

Weekly Wrap 06/09/13

This week as been truly exhausting! I am excited that Friday has arrived at last and I plan on spending the weekend doing as much as possible to relax! Month end madness is over, the monthly shopping wars are over, so it’s the perfect weekend to have some quality time with friends and family, relaxing [...]

Impulse buying moments

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We all have moments where we are more likely to buy items impulsively, but being aware of the most common impulsive moments will help you to curb the impulse and save yourself the guilt and problem of spending money you haven’t budgeted for. There are five common times when you are more likely to purchase [...]

Ten tips to save on your beauty regime

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Most people just add their beauty products to their monthly shopping list, and if they run out in the middle of the month they either go buy more or they frantically search the internet for cheaper products, there is an alternative option, make your own beauty products at home! Having a few recipes on hand [...]

Save Money and Cycle to Work

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With petrol prices rising at a seemingly exponential rate and trouble in the Middle East lending more weight to future price hikes, it appears that the UK’s love affair with the car may finally be coming to end. The sad fact is that many of us can no longer afford to make the daily commute to work and [...]

Investing on the Cheap

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  Many of us with average incomes and no savings to speak of are often intimidated by the world of investments, savings and shares but in fact, we needn’t be. It is possible, regardless of our financial position, to use whatever spare cash we may have to build a brighter future. Many of us think it is a [...]