Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis has recently started a new column in the Sun newspaper. The column is part of the Sun’s new “Rated” section, and helps to bring his money saving tips to yet another new audience (along with his new TV programme). It’s good that this sort of information is becoming more and […]
Author: Rob Lewis
Our Huge Gas Bill & Tips For Saving Gas (& Money!)
Our gas bill dropped through the postbox this morning, and as we’d expected, it wasn’t very pretty. Over £200 for just under 4 months (which was estimated, so it might come down a bit), and although I haven’t really got a clue how this compares to the average gas bill, I get the feeling it’s […]
Students of English: Save Money On Textbooks
Here’s a neat little tip courtesy of Lifehacker, which probably only really relates to students of English Literature, but might also be of use to those who like a good read too. Project Gutenburg is a website which publishes ebooks (books in Adobe PDF format) of texts which are out of copyright. For example, this […]
35 Tips For Investing
I’ve quite enjoyed talking about stock market investing over the last couple of days, and although it’s probably not something I’ll get involved in myself for a while (I’ve got some more pressing financial goals to achieve before worrying about buying more shares), I’ll try to keep an eye out for investing tips and tricks […]
Are We About To See The End Of Free Banking?
This week could see the start of another bad period for the banks, thanks to a new test case starting tomorrow (14th Jan). The High Court is to start ruling on a case the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is bringing against 7 top banks and the Nationwide building society. The case is looking at […]
Learning From My Mistakes: Share Dealing
Yesterday’s foray into stocks & shares mentioned that I had little experience in share dealing – I have done a few trades in the past, but two trades I did make taught me a useful lesson in stock market investing. Just under 6 years ago, I had a little more money at my disposal than […]
Low Cost Share Dealing For Novices
I don’t generally talk about or even spend much time thinking about buying and selling individual shares for a couple of reasons. Firstly, because I believe you should get the rest of your finances (debt, savings) in order before worrying about individual equities – and even then, there are less risky ways of investing in […]
Pensions vs Buy-To-Let
Plonkee has written a couple of brilliant articles this week comparing the pros and cons (and maths) of funding your retirement with a pension or buy-to-let properties. The maths is pretty complicated but also intriguing; in her calculations, the buy-to-let option comes out on top, although she concludes that the risk is naturally greater, and […]
It Pays To Watch: Your Thoughts
I managed to miss the first episode of Money Saving Expert (c) Martin Lewis’ new TV show on Five, It Pays To Watch. If you saw the programme, what were your thoughts on it? If you didn’t catch the first show, it’s on Wednesday’s at 7.30pm for the next few weeks.
More Thoughts On Unwanted Christmas Presents
As MoneyChangesThings pointed out on yesterday’s posts on what to do with unwanted Christmas presents, I forgot about regifting the presents. As they also pointed out, eBaying (or for that matter, any of these options) runs the risk of upsetting the gift givver if they find out, so it’s worth thinking whether it’s worth the […]