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A super fast way to earn £20! Chase, the UK banking service, are offering a free £20 bonus for signing up for its free banking service! *To grab the deal, you need to use our referral LINK and then download the Chase app. You then need to enter your personal details and take a photo of your ID, so that Chase can confirm your identity (this is for money laundering regulation reasons), and then once you have the app and registration is completed, add £20 to the account. Once yo

Have you herd, you can have an udderly free day down on the farm this June!? On Sunday the 12th of June 2022, hundreds of farms throughout the UK will be opening their doors, or perhaps I should say gates, for members of the public to come and explore real working farms and be involved in the showcasing of British farming, as Open Farm Sunday 2022 kicks off! Teams of volunteers will be on hand to talk to you about how farming works and answer any questions you may have. You w

Boots have stated that from the 20th of June 2022, they will remove Boots Advantage Card points from accounts that haven’t been used for one year instead of the current two-year period. However, the retailer has stated that as long as you shop with your Boots Advantage Card at least once a year, your points will always be there, ready for you to use them. Advantage Point holders should, therefore, try and earn a few extra or spend a what they have before the 20th of June, or

From the 1st of June, 2022, Klarna will begin sharing Buy Now Pay Later purchases made in the UK with the credit reference agencies (CRAs) Experian and TransUnion. This means purchases you make on or after the 1st of June using Klarna Pay in 30, Pay in 3, in-app shopping and Klarna Card will become visible on your credit reports held by Experian and TransUnion. This is most likely welcome to anyone with a good track record on paying their Klarna bills, but for anyone who pays

If, like me, the current financial crisis has you re-evaluating if you can afford to pay for a subscription TV service anymore, then Pluto might be of interest to you. Pluto is a 100% free streaming TV service that's also 100% legal and available to UK users. It's straightforward to use, you go to the Pluto website or download the app, and this will give you access to thousands of TV programmes and movies to keep you and the family entertained! Now, this isn't Netflix, Prime

Halfords Motoring Club Offers Freebies To Motorists With the price of driving costing more due to the increase in fuel prices, the motorist needs to explore every money-saving option available to them, to reduce costs, and Halfords have a free option for you to save some cash. The popular motoring store has a free Motoring Club you can join, which offers you: A free £10 voucher, redeemable on an order, instore or online, over £20 £10 off the cost of an MOT A free 10 point car

When isn't Food Waste Wasted food? When You Use It! Supermarket giant Tesco has set up a new initiative to help its customers to waste less food by incorporating a 'Use Up Day' into your week, where you aim to use up bits and bobs of food you have in the fridge, cupboard or freezer, that otherwise may end up in the bin. The supermarket estimates that you could save up to *£260 per year, so over £20 a month, or £5 a week! Tesco state that your Use Up Day should ideally be just

Channel 5 are casting for a series about beating the cost of living crisis and live well on a budget. They are looking to speak to people on benefits that have great tips and tricks for saving spending and have asked The Penny Pincher to give them a shout out! Could this be you? If so, check out the video below for more information and drop them an email at them via bargains@itnproductions.com, or Whatsapp Harri on 07941483955

With many UK residents now financially struggling due to the increase in food and energy prices, and with the interest rate now being pushed up to 1%, pushing those on variable mortgages potentially even further into the red, I've taken a look to see if the "value" range products from supermarkets do return much of a saving, and if so, are you sacrificing quality, for quantity? Coincidentally, I started investigating this subject on the day a cabinet minister was accused of b

Martin Lewis has recently given guidance on your rights in regards to the national living wage. It's well worth a read, as you may be surprised what the act covers! Here's what Martin has said: The UK minimum wage increased on 1 April - upping incomes for the lowest-paid workers. Yet many who think they are on minimum wage are, in reality, actually being paid LESS than they should. The Low Pay Commission believes this could be almost half a million people. I want to give you

**THIS OFFER HAS NOW ENDED** If you haven't used an Amazon pick up point to collect an order in the past, doing so now could save you £7...

When many of us are cancelling subscriptions to entertainment services, with some 200,000 subscribers dropping Netflix in the last few...

Grab £10 Off A Odd Box Rescued Fruit & Veg Box

I don't go into Lidl very often, mainly because my local one is in the town centre, and I'm too tight to buy a parking ticket, plus I also can't trust myself in the middle aisle, but I did pop in yesterday and discovered this £1.50 Veggie box! I know they aren't new; I’ve heard many a person mention what good value they are; it’s just that I've never seen one up close before! £1.50 for this box of fruit and vegetables is excellent value. The boxes are leftover items that need

Oddbox is a fruit & veg food box subscription service with a difference; all the fruit and vegetables are rescued, odd & surplus fruit & veg directly from farms. A huge cause of food waste is that supermarkets turn away fruit & veg that doesn’t meet strict cosmetic and quantity requirements. Odd Box, rescue delicious, fresh fruit & veg for being ‘too’ odd, ‘too’ big, ‘too’ small or simply ‘too’ many from the farms and deliver it to your doorstep. The service isn't available e

BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester Interview - 1st April 2022 I was invited to speak with Malcolm Boyden, from BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester, on the subject of unusual ways to make a little extra money. The interview took place on the very day that the energy cap price rise kicked in, pushing millions of people into fuel poverty, so a particularly important day to look at ways to stretch your budget. You can listen to the interview below, Audio kicks in after about 7 seconds!

What appliances are costing you the most to use? It's April the 1st, and although it might seem like a cruel April's Fool joke, your energy costs have just gone up by an average of 53%! So what appliances are costing you the most to run? The Energy Saving Trust has done the number crunching, and these are the top five appliances hitting your energy costs. 1. Wet appliances Washing machines, dishwashers and anything else that uses water are known as wet appliances. These appli

Be polite, be firm and ask for the deal they can't offer... With all the price rises kicking in from the 1st of April, I really needed to...

Don't bin it... plant it!

Watch out, Hollywood; here I come!

SKY TV Increase In April, Is There Anything You Can Do?

Food prices are on the rise is on the rise, so how will you cope with the extra costs of feeding your family? Here are some ideas...

Kellogg's have teamed up with Flavorwiki, to offer all cereal lovers the chance to taste test the new Crunchy Nut Bites!

Customers spending £40 or more in Morrisons stores will be given a 7p per litre discount on fuel from its petrol stations.