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Downbranding: Finding Cheaper Alternatives
July 2nd, 2008
Here’s an interesting post on downbranding - buying a less expensive version of a product which is available in 2 or more different brands. Possibly the best example of this is supermarket own brand food, e.g. baked beans.
You know that it wouldn’t make sense for …
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Holiday Reading Book Reviews
July 2nd, 2008
You may remember that a few weeks ago I asked for you recommendations for some holiday reading with a personal or general finance theme.
I only got one suggestion (”The Only Investment Guide You’ll Ever Need” by Andrew Tobias), so I decided to see what the book stores at …
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Smoking Ban One Year On
July 1st, 2008
July 1st 2007 saw the ban on smoking in public places come into force, and by several accounts, the results have been pretty impressive, with an estimated 400,000 people giving up smoking since then.
And as far as the personal finances of those …
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FSA Launches Finance Site For Young Adults
June 3rd, 2008
The UK financial regulator, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has launched a new website aimed at helping young adults (16-24) with their finances.
This site is aimed at 16-24 year olds, to help you better understand money issues. It is part of our National Strategy for Financial Capability, which
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Why Saving Money Is Like Losing Weight
June 1st, 2008
In the past couple of years, a sedentary job and a little over-eating has meant I’ve been putting a little bit of weight on, and it’s come to the point now where I feel that I really need to do something about it.
Whilst I’ve been …
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What’s The Biggest Discount You’ve Negotiated?
May 29th, 2008
John at FindFinancialFreedom suggests that it doesn’t hurt to ask for a discount when you’re making a purchase.
Most of us would balk at the suggestion of trying to haggle on the price of something (”it’s just not the British way …
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More Worrying About Petrol Price Rises
May 28th, 2008
I’m glad to see that I’m not the only person in the UK stressing about petrol price rises.
This data from internet monitor Hitwise shows how the number of searches for petrol prices have increased to an all-time high as …
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Save Even More Online with Cashback Sites
May 26th, 2008
Going online is now pretty much the standard way of finding bargains for most of us, using sites such as Amazon, MoneySupermarket and eBay to get the lowest prices on a …
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Fed Up With High Petrol Prices? Go Live In Venezuela
May 25th, 2008
Here in the U.K. we’re hearing more and more complaints about the high and rising price of petrol, and with the recent rise in oil prices, it’s something that likely to get worse.
There’s an interesting page on Wikipedia which shows the …
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Bank Charge Court Case Threatens To Go On… And On…
May 22nd, 2008
The saga of the bank charge court case looks set to continue with the news that the banks have been succesful in their appeal against a judges ruling from last month.
It seems that we’ll now have to wait until the Autumn before things …
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