I’m glad to see that I’m not the only person in the UK stressing about petrol price rises. This data from internet monitor Hitwise shows how the number of searches for petrol prices have increased to an all-time high as prices have hit a high too. It’s interesting that people are appear to be searching […]
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75 Petrol Saving Tips
You may have noticed that I’m pretty obsessed with petrol prices and efficiency recently – so this post on 75 gas saving tips naturally caught my eye. The interesting thing about this post is that along with the normal tips about not driving aggressively and discussion on whether air conditioning or opening windows is more […]
Save Even More Online with Cashback Sites
Going online is now pretty much the standard way of finding bargains for most of us, using sites such as Amazon, MoneySupermarket and eBay to get the lowest prices on a vast range of products. But there’s another way to squeeze even more money out of the deal – cashback sites. The premise is pretty […]
Are You Prepared For A Recession?
OK, I’ll admit myself that I hate all of the sensational headlines about house price crashes and recession, but with the economy in a downturn, it’s worth considering what we should do should we go into recession. From a personal point of view, over the last few months we’ve been taking a lot more care […]
FuelFrog: Track Your Miles Per Gallon
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 Lifehacker featured a new tool, FuelFrog, which promises to […]
Calculating How Much Driving Costs Me
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 my car costs me. I know the fixed costs, […]
Snowballing / Snowflaking Your Debts
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 your debts, where snowflaking stems from. Snowballing is often […]
Is There £300 Lying Around Your Home?
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 wardrobes or sort out the […]
Energy Prices Expected To Rise By 20-35%
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 to limit the effect of these rises? Well, firstly, it’s […]
Which Of These 5 Budgeting Systems Do You Use?
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 put an amount of money in an […]