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Saving habits in Britain – snakes and ladders

Saving habits in Britain Britain’s unhealthy attitude towards personal savings could steer us towards an early retirement crisis. Research from the UK’s biggest peer-to-peer (P2P) lender, Zopa, looked at the saving habits in Britain and has found that Brits are in need of a critical financial health check.   What are we saving for? Survey… Read more

hotels.com review – Wake up happy with rewards on hotel bookings

Hotels.com review – get rewards when booking hotels Why am I writing a hotels.com review – well, quite simply because I use them personally. I find that they offer the lowest prices, often with savings of up to 40%. However, beyond that, you also get to benefit from the hotels.com rewards program, where you effectively get… Read more

Should I get a credit card – cashback & rewards

The cost of NOT having a credit card   The British love affair with plastic continues. According to The UK Card Asscociation, total spending on plastic (debit & credit cards) in the UK in September 2013 totaled £45.8 billion, up over 11% compared with September 2012. The value of credit cards essentially comes down to… Read more

Tips to stop spending and save more

My simple tips to stop spending I would like to share with you two simple tips that I use to discourage me from spending money on things that I don’t actually NEED. These may not work for you, but they really work well for me to help me stop spending!   Value items in terms… Read more

The price to slice – should we pay supermarkets to slice our produce?

The price to slice Just a short post today. This afternoon, I was carefully doing my grocery shopping (sticking to the list, of course!!). Whilst darting purposefully from shelf to shelf, I saw someone with pre-sliced carrots in their basket. No big deal, huh? Strangely, it REALLY annoyed me! To me (completely over-dramatically) it represented… Read more

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