Gordon Brown has announced a new initiative to help homeowners losing their jobs pay their mortgages.
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Make Money From Old Electronics
Techradar, my new favourite read for all things techy, has posted 10 ways to turn your old tech into cash. Here are their money making tips, along with my thoughts.
Help A Reader: Turning A Hobby Into An Income
A Money Watch reader is wondering how to start turning their hobby into an income. Can you help out?
Reclaim VAT On Recent Purchases
As most of us are probably aware, from tomorrow (1st December), Value Added Tax (VAT) will be cut from 17.5% to 15% as part of the Government’s recent measures to stimulate the economy.
Did you know that if you’ve got goods and services on order and have paid the 17.5% rate, you might be able to claim a refund.
Finally Tracking My Spending
After several failed attempts, I’ve now finally got the hang of keeping track of my spending using Expensr.
Pre-Budget Report: Key Points & What They’ll Mean To You
If you’ve managed to miss all of the coverage of today’s pre-Budget report (which is effectively a Budget in its own right now), here’s a round-up of the main points from Alastair Darling’s speech, and how they might affect you.
See Where Our Taxes Go
Where does all the money that we pay in taxes go to? This chart will tell you.
How Much Does Your Console Cost To Run?
If you’re pushing the boat out and buying a new games console this Christmas, or if you already have a video game system in the house, you might be interested to see how they match up in terms of power consumption – a hidden cost of owning such gadgets.
VAT To Be Cut?
The Government is to announce its pre-Budget report on Monday, and there are some suggestions that VAT (Value Added Tax) may be cut by the Chancellor, in a bid to get people spending again.
Why Do We Buy Gift Vouchers?
Why do we buy vouchers for people to spend in one particular shop, when you could give them cash which is accepted on all items in each and every shop in the country?