Having temporarily lost the use of my car to a severe case of head-gasketitus it was with absolutely no marked reluctance whatsoever that I resorted to using my motorbike.
It’s true certain inanimate objects can spark emotion because I actually feel guilty about leaving it locked away for sometimes months on end!
Maybe I feel guilty about […]

Over the next few days I will hopefully be saving myself nearly £200.
If done correctly, not only will I save money but I should literally not get my hands dirty while doing so.
This is not something that everyone will want to do and only something certain people may ‘need’ to do.
I am in the process […]

Fraudsters have stolen over 45 million credit card numbers from a well known retailer’s database.
Hackers accessed the database of TJX (TKMaxx in the UK) several times over a period of 4 years and only stopped when suspicious software was discovered in December last year.
The company revealed details in January about suspected fraudulent activity accessing customer card […]

I just saved my mother £136.54 by using the moneysupermarket.com online car insurance comparison service.
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She’s 65, retired and drives a ‘99 Fiesta Ghia and was quoted £206.85 or £227.54 if paid over 12 months.
This renewal quote was from Lloyds with whom she also banks and yet they still charge more for paying monthly. […]

It’s the first day of spring and along the south coast of England it’s a glorious sunny day.
(taken using Nokia 6233)
The general feeling when the sun is shining is positive but despite the beautiful weather many of us also feel a little apprehension over today’s budget.
It’s been announced that the cost of a pint of beer […]

In the last two years the average fee for arranging a mortgage has risen by 83% from £334 to £611 with some fees potentially over £5,000.
These fees can be paid at the start of the agreement but many people are unlikely to have an additional £5000 at the time of arranging a mortgage so the […]

Recent news suggests owners of the least efficient cars on the road are to incur much higher road tax costs over coming years in a bid to help tackle climate change and reduce the UK’s CO2 emissions.
“Annual duty on the 225,000 least fuel efficient vehicles purchased brand new since last April, including most 4×4s and […]

Today is the day the Pi is celebrated by a unique group of people sometimes referred to as the ‘acolytes of the church of pi’.
Once a year these followers of Pi gather to celebrate all things Pi.
Falling on the 14th of March is also significant because in the US date format that would appear as […]

FollowUs (www.followus.co.uk), the UK’s leading mobile location solutions service company, has aided BBC’s Watchdog to uncover how one airport car parking company was mistreating a customers’ car.
Aired on the 27th February, the show followed the actions of an employee of a Meet & Greet service with the hidden FollowUs Win200 GPS logger device to track […]

In a previous post I mentioned the possibility of being able to strengthen an individual credit score by transferring a credit card balance onto multiple cards. I.e. a £5,000 balance transferred across 5 cards by putting £1000 on each.
This may not be advisable in the UK.
The information I was originally working from was based in […]