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Avoiding Inheritance Tax

Posted on October 25, 2005October 25, 2005 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

How to make sure the taxman gets less when you pop it.

Tagged Featured, Tax, Tips

Payment Protection Advice

Posted on October 21, 2005October 26, 2005 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Q&A on buying payment protection.

Tagged General, Tips

Cutting Phone Bills

Posted on October 17, 2005December 30, 2005 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis has published a guide to saving money on your phone bills. The trouble is, it all seems so complicated and is such a minefield that I can’t be bothered to read it all the way through. I personally think it’s sometimes better just to stick with your current provider than […]

Tagged Featured, General, Money Saving, Tips

Chip & PIN To Replace Signatures

Posted on October 14, 2005October 14, 2005 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Paying for goods using a signature to die in Valentine’s Day massacre.

Tagged Credit Cards, General, Tips

Cut Costs Of Using Your Mobile In Europe

Posted on October 5, 2005October 5, 2005 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

E.C. launches new website to help cut the cost of using your mobile phone on the continent.

Tagged Featured, General, Tips

Home Contents Insurance Inventory

Posted on August 31, 2005August 31, 2005 by Rob Lewis - 1 Comment

A post on Blueprint for Financial Prosperity and my recent post about home & contents insurance for students got me thinking that I should do my own inventory of possessions in case anything happens to them (theft, fire etc.). Here’s a little idea I came up to help keep track of your valuable items – […]

Tagged Featured, Insurance, Tips

8 Credit Card Commandments

Posted on August 31, 2005August 31, 2005 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Free Money Finance pointed me in the direction of Yahoo!’s Eight Commandments of Credit. Although this is primarily information for the U.S. market, most of this is applicable here in the U.K. too. Of the eight commandments they suggest we follow, here are the most important to remember, in my opinion: Credit is just that, […]

Tagged Credit Cards, Featured, Tips

More Tips For Saving Petrol

Posted on August 26, 2005August 28, 2005 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

With the price of petrol going up, it seems that more and more people are looking to find ways to cut down on petrol use. I’m also noticing a fair few people coming to this site from Google searches to do with fuel efficiency, so as a follow to my previous petrol saving tips post, […]

Tagged Featured, General, Tips

Bank Errors In Your Favour

Posted on August 17, 2005August 17, 2005 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

What should you do if a bank makes an error in your favour?

Tagged General, Tips

Tips For Saving Petrol

Posted on August 16, 2005August 16, 2005 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Bruce Wayne (no, really?!) posted an article about the increasing price of petrol over at Finance Choices, suggesting that since the start of this year, the average U.K. family has seen the cost of motoring rise by £23.23 a month fuelled (geddit?) by these price increases. So, if we’re having to pay these high fuel […]

Tagged Featured, General, Tips

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