Regular readers of the Fool will know how we like to help you save a few (hundred) quid here and there. Switching to cheaper gas and electricity suppliers, moving your cash to a best buy savings account and shifting any expensive debt to a 0% credit card are just a few of the methods we favour. However, there are some less obvious ways we can save money.
Motley Fool: Retail Shares Aren’t On Sale
Retail shares have had a good year. If you take out the supermarkets and food players such as Tesco (LSE: TSCO) and Sainsbury (LSE: SBRY), share prices in the remaining general retailers have risen 33% over the last 12 months.
This Is Money: ITV To Axe Final-salary Pension Scheme
The broadcaster plans to replace its final-salary scheme for existing members with one based on career-average earnings
This Is Money: Nokia Signs Up Bowie In War On The IPod
Nokia is to take on Apple and Microsoft in an online music download war and has signed up David Bowie to promote its new service
MoneyExpert: Credit Card Fees Could Happen Soon, Says Analyst
Free banking could be a thing of the past as credit card providers look for other ways to make money, according to an analyst at financial website moneyfacts.co.uk.
MoneyExpert: Morgan Stanley: Credit Card Rewards ‘make Sense’
Some 29 per cent of those looking to compare credit cards have been found to value a loyalty or reward scheme as their main consideration when choosing.
This Is Money: Inflation Steady At 2.4%
The UK inflation rate remained unchanged at 2.4% in October as the increase in university tuition fees was offset by falling petrol prices
This Is Money: 30 Second Guide To… The DCLG
The Daily Mail’s city team take you thorugh one of Whitehall’s less glamourous departments…
This Is Money: Life Games At Resolution
I always assumed that the idea of the regulatory news services clarify share price movements – Life company Resolution has given it a whole new meaning
This Is Money: Tories Consider ‘tax Google’ Plan
The Treasury should be forced to publish full details of public spending on the internet, say the Tories