Food prices are rising, as are petrol, gas and electricity. So is there anything (other than houses) that has fallen in price recently? The Times lists 10 inflation busters – items which have fallen in price this year, along with examples of the savings that can be made with each: Mobile Phones: down 51% Digital […]
Month: May 2008
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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 […]
Basic Rate Taxpayers Get £120 Back From Tax Man
Woohoo! Basic rate tax payers are to get £120 back from the tax man. Following the government’s terrible decision to scrap the 10p tax band, they’ve decided to bribe compensate those of us who pay 22% tax by altering the tax allowance rate. The money will be paid as a £60 payment in your pay […]
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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, […]
Would You Give Money Away If You Had $1Million?
Earlier in the week, I was one of several people who answered Jim’s question: What Would You Do With $1 Million Dollars? Once I’d done a mental currency conversion ($1million = £500,000 which is actually not too far out, given the current exchange rate), I figured that I would: Pay off my mortgage (£150k) Save […]
Money Links For 10th May 2008
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Recommend Me Some Holiday Reading
It’s not too long until I’ll be jetting off on holiday for a couple of weeks, so I’ve begun to start thinking about my holiday reading. I don’t normally get much chance to read, but holidays are an exception, and with two weeks of sitting in the sun to fill (I find it difficult to […]
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