Archive for the ‘Frugality’ Category

Reducing utility bills

Friday, October 24th, 2008

If theres one type of bill you can never avoid its your utility bill, gas and electric are just two things you need to keep warm and cook your meals. You can't avoid these bills but you can significantly reduce them! Reducing these utility bills just got a lot easier thanks to ...

Saving money – freebies and money earners

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

There are literally hundreds of websites where you can get free stuff, so why not make use of them? It only takes a bit of effort and you can get loads of things for nothing. You might be reluctant to use them because we tend to assume we’ll get spammed ...

Fuel poverty is now commonplace

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

According to recent reports, fuel poverty has become "part of everyday British life". Ann Robinson of uSwitch.com said that pensioners, single income families and families in receipt of benefits "face a real threat to their standard of living as fuel poverty becomes part of everyday British life". According to uSwitch.com’s calculations ...

Your student finances – the dos and don’ts

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

As a new student you’ll find yourself bombarded with offers of loans and credit cards, even though we’re in the middle of a credit crisis. You’ll probably find yourself very tempted to spend all of it too! However, try to remember that statistically, in addition to your government student loans, ...

Teacher beats credit crunch and lives on £1 a day!

Monday, September 15th, 2008

An interesting story on how to survive the credit crunch surfaced this week with news about teacher Kath Kelly who lived on just £1 a day for a year as part of a bet with friends. They bet that she couldn’t do it but she proved them wrong by literally ...