Category: Saving Money

Saving Money

The Great Summer Giveaway

Summer is here, I promise! What better way to celebrate summer than with a fantastic summer giveaway, arranged by a whole host of bloggers. Collaborating together means that we can bring you some amazing prizes. The prizes make for a fanastic summer! Keep reading to find out how to enter, and best of luck! The Summer Giveaway Some of the top UK bloggers have come together to offer one lucky winner an incredible prize bundle!

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Food

Batch cooking for families

Finances can be tight with families at the moment. There have been huge changes that we are still coming to terms with. People have lost their jobs, others have lost their loved ones. Financial changes can create ongoing issues, which run deeper than some may see. One of the ways in which we can save money is by stretching our food budget. Making more from what we have. It might be about time to raid

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Make Money

Pay your bills using your receipts with Zipzero

I love finding new ways to make money, and this one has completely blown my socks off! Whilst it isn’t a get rich quick scheme, it is something that everyone can do to make some money towards their bills every month. Introducing ZIPZERO.  What is Zipzero? ZIPZERO is a receipt scanning app, like Receipt Hog and Shoppix that pays you back 1% of each receipt that you upload.  There is no restriction about what kind

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Saving Money

How to start a pension

Have you been thinking about your future? Wondering when you’ll be able to finish work, retire and enjoy your years travelling, seeing family and enjoying the life you deserve? Maybe you’ve been considering how much money you’ll need to be able to live the life you want when you retire? Taking all that into consideration, you might be thinking about how to start a pension. Whatever age you are, a pension is a great idea

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Saving Money

Driving Down Your Petrol Cost

Many of us have vehicles which cost us a lot of money over the course of the year. We can save money on insurance by shopping around and comparing prices. We can find discounts for our MOT and perhaps even have a payment plan for our servicing which will save some cash. One of the things we must do is fuel our cars in order to use them. Whether you use petrol or diesel, how

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Saving Money

How to save money every 2 weeks

Lots of us are struggling with money and it can be even harder if you get paid fortnightly. Not having a monthly income at the end of the month when bills are to be paid can be difficult. Seeing a mid month pay cheque as something other than expendable cash can be tricky. You can soon find yourself in financial difficulty and any chance of putting money away for a rainy day of specific reason

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Budgeting

What is activity based budgeting?

We’re always looking for new ways to save money. Watching the pennies and turning them into pounds isn’t always easy. Life is busy and finding a budget that works for your lifestyle can be tricky. This post is all about activity based budgeting which is mainly used in companies however you could bring the ideas into your personal finance budgeting too. What Is Activity Based Budgeting? Activity based budgeting (or ABB as it is often

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Travel

Trip around the world on a budget

Many of us want to travel the world, see new countries, embrace different cultures. Even though many of us want to do that, we don’t all have the money to do it. Well, this blog post is all about that, the fact you don’t need to have a huge wallet to travel! Let’s get you on your dream trip around the world! Figure Out Where You Want To Go Firstly, figure out where you want

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