Earlier this year I switched my current account from NatWest to First Direct. There were 2 reasons for that : I barely used it as it was my old ‘forgotten’ account I came across a deal from MoneySupermarket, the deal was a £150 for a switch to FirstDirect with another £100 in case …
Read More »Are We Sleep Walking Into A Retirement Crisis?
Research from online lender 247Moneybox indicates that “living for the moment” is perhaps being taken a little too much to heart amongst UK adults. The survey, conducted recently, of 100 UK adults revealed that short-term savings goals such as holiday outranked a pension or building a house deposit. Compounding this the survey …
Read More »What Big Mac Price Index is telling us about UK economy?
The world’s economy around us is changing. One no longer can expect to survive a week for £1… One of my favourite money saving app – vouchercloud conducted a research to see just how much has changed since 2000, comparing prices of some of the popular treats today with what they should be, according to …
Read More »How to Save Money on Water Bills ?
Water and sewage bills rose from April 2016 by an average of 0.5% in England and Wales and 1.6% in Scotland. Households in Northern Ireland are unaffected since the government covers the cost of water charges. As already written in my previous article on this subject you can’t switch water …
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