Loose Change is a series of blogposts by members of the UK Money Blogger community where they let loose on a financial issue important to them. This week Simon from the Financial Expert blog shares his frustration that we’re not a nation of investors. ——- The highest interest rate you can earn on a quick-access […]
David from Money for Monday writes about a range of topics including money, work and life. In 2015 David completed an online HND and today asks whether investment in online courses is a worthwhile expense or best avoided. I didn’t like school and I mean I really didn’t like school. Don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t one […]
This Loose Change article is by Faith Archer, an award-winning personal finance journalist who is also a money blogger at Much More With Less about moving to the country, living on less and making the most of it. Why oh why did the government have to take a good thing, and make it complicated? I’m talking […]
Today’s Loose Change article is by Dr Nikki Ramskill, who blogs as The Female Money Doctor. From a very young age, my mother instilled in me the strength to be different, and that as a woman, I should never feel that I couldn’t do something. She always encouraged me to follow my passions, and this led […]
On her customer service blog Lady Janey, Jane tackles a range of consumer issues, with the aim of encouraging people to get the best possible customer service experience for their money. At last, I thought! No more having to double and triple check any extra charges I might be facing when purchasing either online or in store. I’ve […]
This Loose Change article is by David Taylor who blogs about his money-saving journey at Thinking Thrifty – everything from snapping up reduced food in his local supermarket to renovating a café for under £500. I’m a big old hater of charges, can’t stand the horrible things, whether that be the ridiculous bank charge for sending you […]
Erith blogs at Cracking Retirement about having fun in Retirement, making the most of her money, travelling far and wide and enjoying her hobby: bashing metal. There was a lot of publicity for food banks this Christmas, particularly around the theme No child should go hungry at Christmas, however, no child should go hungry on […]
Katy Stevens from katykicker.com writes about a variety of topics including money making and saving. Today Katy shares her frustrations over mobile phone providers and the lack of help to protect customers from overspending. Recently I was helping my Mum with her finances. While my hard work has got her good prices on her utilities, […]
This Loose Change article is by Kerry from Money Saving Journeys blogs about her favourite things – debt busting, saving money, making money and travelling on a budget. Just recently I have been trying to lose weight. I’d managed to lose some quite successfully about a year ago, but slowly the weight had begun to creep […]
Helen Dewdney, The Complaining Cow consumer champion and author of How to Complain: The Essential Consumer Guide to Getting Refunds, Redress and Results! provides advice on your rights and how not to get fobbed off. In this Loose Change post she looks at the growth of the hiring market. More and more people are renting and they are […]