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Save Petrol: Use SatNav
According to a recent research report, satellite navigation users consume 12% less petrol than GPS-less drivers, with those systems with built-in traffic information providing the greatest savings.
Are You A Budget Winner or Loser?
Today’s Budget included some interesting announcements, but with all the details being discussed left right and center, it can be difficult to work out whether you’ll win or lose. Let’s take a look at the headlines and take a look at a calculator that will help you find out whether you’ll benefit or not.
£6,000 Per Minute
£6,000 per minute. That large sum is not the wage demands of the latest signing for Man Utd, or the expenses claim of a porn-addicted MP, but the profit that Tesco made every minute over the past year.
Feeling Deflated?
So, Britain has officially fallen into a period of deflation, for the first time in nearly 50 years, with the news that the Retail Price Index (RPI), has gone sub zero, to -0.4%.
What’s Your Salary Really Worth?
I’m a little late linking to this interesting post over at Monevator which discusses what your salary is really worth to you. In order to work out what it is worth to you, they suggest you look at your salary in relation to how much you’d have to earn as a passive income.
Egg Money To Stop Paying Interest On Positive Balances
Egg have announced some changes to their Egg Money credit card which may be of interest to their customers. From 15th May the card will become the “Egg Money World MasterCard”, but more importantly the card will stop paying interest on positive balances.
£5,000 Incentive For Buying Electric Cars
Car buyers are to be offered a bribe of up to £5,000 to buy an electric car from 2011, according to several sources this morning.
Fake £1 Coins: Estimate Doubled
Last year we reported on the number of fake £1 coins which was estimated to be in the region of 30 million, and we showed how to spot a fake pound coin.
Today it has been announced that the estimate from the Royal Mint is probably way off, with one firm suggesting that there could be more than 70 million fake pound coins in existence, which is one in 20 pound coins.
Reminder: Tips For Those Struggling To Pay Mortgage
A recent visitor to Money Watch found the site through the following search term on Google:
“can you stop paying your mortgage if house is for sale”. There’s a simple answer to this question: NO!