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. As a society, we have mostly lost the concept of Make Do and Mend. Our landfill sites are overflowing with items that could have been re-used, repaired or recycled. […]

Shoestring Jane blogs about living a fun and frugal life at http://www.shoestringcottage.com. She writes about healthy eating on a budget, frugal gardening and growing your own food, making extra money and finding the best bargains.  Back in the dark winter days of January, when my budget still hadn’t quite recovered from Christmas, I decided to […]

This week’s post comes from Michelle at timeandpence.com where she blogs about money making, money saving and having more time with your family. As a regular money saver, I love being able to have cheap family holidays but to save money on a family holiday in the UK can be difficult. With very little discounts […]

In March the blogger at Levitate Student talked about the sometimes very odd rules around student finance. This month she returns with a look at some benefit oddities that trip students up. When is paying rent just an illusion? When you are a student of course…… Most full-time Higher Education students are not entitled to claim housing benefit. […]

This week’s Loose Change comes from Pete Chatfield, who blogs at Household Money Saving about saving money, making money and also reviews the latest money related apps. Looking for a loan but have a bad credit rating? Then a guarantor loan could be the answer, or so the lenders claim. Or maybe not… Plenty of people suffer setbacks […]

This week’s Loose Change comes from Boost My Budget, a blog all about making money online, saving money and getting to grips with personal finances. Do you know what your friends earn? The chances are you don’t: a survey found that Brits are seven times more likely to discuss their sex lives than their salary. […]

This week’s Loose Change comes from Erith who blogs at Cracking Retirement about having fun after retiring, making the most of her money, travelling far and wide and enjoying her hobby: bashing metal. The long awaited day has arrived, you say farewell to your colleagues and that’s it. A whole new life awaits you. You […]

This week’s Loose Change comes from Olly Cator, who blogs over at Savvy Dad (savvydad.co.uk) about family finance, parenthood and savvy saving. Olly is a primary teacher and freelance writer living in Norfolk with his wife and two young children. I can remember it well. It was the early nineties, the prized Commodore 64 games […]