Articles in the Tips Category
FuelFrog: Track Your Miles Per Gallon
May 13th, 2008
I was talking yesterday about how I’m planning to work out how much driving is costing me. As I mentioned, a big part of that is working out how much I spend on petrol, so I need to work out how much I use.
This morning …
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Calculating How Much Driving Costs Me
May 12th, 2008
I’ve recently been thinking about how much I use my car (a 1.1 litre Fiat Punto), and whether it’s something I can cut down on, and in the process, save money.
One of the problems I have is that I don’t really know how much driving …
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Snowballing / Snowflaking Your Debts
May 5th, 2008
I recently came across the term snowflaking - a method for repaying your debts - which I’d never come across before, so I thought it, and the related snowballing method, warranted a little investigation.
To explain snowflaking we first need to understand the concept of snowballing …
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Is There £300 Lying Around Your Home?
May 4th, 2008
According to eBay, the average person has £300 worth of unwanted items lying around their homes which could be sold on the site.
So if you’re feeling a little strapped for cash and you’re at a loose end this Bank Holiday, why not get up the loft, tidy out those …
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Energy Prices Expected To Rise By 20-35%
April 29th, 2008
If you thought that the price of your gas and electricity couldn’t get any higher, then think again.
It is predicted that there will be more energy price rises this Summer and Autumn, heaping more misery on us poor consumers.
So what can you do …
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Which Of These 5 Budgeting Systems Do You Use?
April 26th, 2008
Blueprint for Financial Prosperity recently wrote a post which gave a brief look at 5 different budgeting systems.
Here is a summary of the different methods mentioned, along with my own thoughts on each of them.
- Envelope budgeting - not tried this one myself yet, it’s where you
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New Tax Rules: How Much Tax Will You Pay?
April 25th, 2008
Last year, in How Much Tax Will I Pay?, I wrote about SimplePound’s useful Excel spreadsheet which helped calculate how much Income Tax and National Insurance you’ll pay given your monthly salary. When the tax rules changed recently, Kirsten updated the spreadsheet to …
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Bank Charge Case: MoneySavingExpert’s View
April 24th, 2008
MoneySavingExpert Martin Lewis has just updated his site with his latest views on the bank charge situation, and despite refund claims still being on hold until 22nd May at the earliest, he believes the time is now right to put in your claim if you haven’t already done so. …
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Best Financial Move At University
April 24th, 2008
Plonkee recently replied to a meme on her best financial move in college - I chimed in in her comments, but I thought it was something worth expanding on here.
I was pretty fortunate that I was in one of the last university years who …
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Help The Planet & Your Wallet
April 22nd, 2008
You may have noticed that today is Earth Day - “intended to inspire awareness of and appreciation for the Earth’s environment.”
Whilst I do what I can to be green, I don’t particularly go out of my way to save the planet, which is something …
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