If you’re feeling the financial pinch, rest assured you’re not alone. Thanks to recent energy price hikes, increasing interest rates, rising food prices and more, many consumers are under strain. However, with a little know-how, there are steps you can take to help you put money aside on a regular basis.
Save money this month by preparing meals at home. Autumn is the perfect time to transition into Winter warming meals that are ideal for batch cooking, for example, soups, stews, and casseroles.
Energy Saving Tips to Help Reduce Your Bills Energy, alongside inflation, cost-of-living, and crisis, is a word you’re probably sick of hearing at this point. With the current energy crisis and rising inflation costs, it feels like you can’t turn anywhere without another headline about the rising costs. Well, this is another one of those…
Dealing with debt: 5 things you should know 1) There are sources like Money helper for free debt advice and services. You can find out more by contacting Money Helper on www.moneyhelper.org.uk or 0300 500 5000 (8-8 Monday to Friday, 9-1 on Saturday). 2) You should have been advised on all the options for dealing with…
Doing the weekly food shop rarely comes with many surprises, but over the last few months, many got an unwelcome shock when their usual weekly shop came with an unusual price tag. Food bills are predicted to rise by £454 this year, higher than previous predictions. Back in April, researchers at Kantar estimated that the…
Tips for paying your priority bills in 2024 With rising living costs, it’s becoming harder to keep up with household bills. As costs put a squeeze on household finances, paying your priority bills has become the main financial goal of 2024. What are priority bills? Priority bills are those that carry the most serious consequences…
Saving & Budgeting: Practical Tips for Your Money Knowing the difference between your income and outgoings may seem simple enough, but it’s really the best place to start – even overestimating by a few pounds could blow your budget out of whack. Let’s take a look at the different things you can do to help…
Hot Tips to Cut the Cost of Cooking If you’ve ever looked in your freezer and discovered a UFO (Unidentified Frozen Object), or defrosted a steak and kidney pie only to discover (after you’ve poured gravy on it) that it contains apple, then you might benefit from being a little more organised in the kitchen.…
Top Tips on Train Split Ticketing You’re travelling by train. You buy a ticket, moan a bit about the cost, job done. Instead of buying one ticket and having a whinge about how much wedge you’ve had to hand over, what about buying two, or even three, tickets for the same journey and saving money?…
10 Things to Help You Afford That Summer Holiday You can admit it: summer goal number one is to earn your tan back, but if you don’t start saving early there’ll be nothing to burn in the bank. Here’s 10 tips to save for your next getaway. Feed the pig At the end of each…
Walk down the cleaning aisle of any supermarket and chances are, you’ll find someone reading the back of a bottle or a box. There are so many products proclaiming to do so many things, it can be difficult to know what to buy. Problem is, they all come at a hefty price. If cleanliness is…
What help is available if I can’t afford school uniform? School uniform can be a big expense, particularly when your child has grown out of several things at once, is changing schools or needs new shoes too. If you can’t afford school uniform, start by speaking to your child’s school. Help with school uniform costs…