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Deals of the Week

By Damien Fahy

14 min Read 22 Nov 2024

This week's top deals Here you'll find our top picks of the best deals of the week. The below deals...

Tips, Quick Savings

5 tips for managing your money

By Lauren Burrows

2 min Read 15 Nov 2024

In this article, we list our top 5 tips for managing your money, including setting achievable financial goals and how...

Video, Quick Savings

How to budget for beginners - Millennial Money

By Lauren Burrows

3 min Read 30 Oct 2024

In this Millennial Money episode, I explain how to budget for beginners, from working out your monthly income to categorising...

Travel, Tips, Quick Savings

Money tip #71 – How to slash the cost of train travel

By Damien Fahy

2 min Read 02 Jun 2010

The '10 second' tricks to slash train travel costs Get a railcard There's an array of railcards available including those aimed at young people, the over 60s, families etc that...

News, Insurance, Quick Savings

Aviva launches new volcano travel insurance

By Damien Fahy

1 min read 24 May 2010

Aviva has launched a new add-on to its travel insurance policy that will cover holidaymakers for volcanic ash disruption.

Motoring, Tax Mitigation, Tips, Quick Savings, Tax

Money tip #70 - How the self employed can now get up to 40% off the cost of a scooter or motorbike thanks to the taxman

By Damien Fahy

1 min read 24 May 2010

A change to the Finance Act buried deep in the pages of the March budget means that the self-employed can now "completely offset the purchase price of a new scooter or motorbike against their income for tax purposes", says Miles Brignall in The Guardian.

News, Quick Savings

British Airways posts record losses but striking cabin crew couldn’t care less

By Damien Fahy

1 min Read 21 May 2010

British Airways has reported its biggest annual loss due to lower passenger numbers, higher costs and the impact of strike action. The flag carrier lost £531m ($766m) in the 12 months to March - BA's biggest loss since it was privatised in 1987.

Pensions, Tax Mitigation, Investing, Tips, Tax

Money tip #69 - How those nearing retirement could bag themselves a quick guaranteed 20% investment return thanks to the tax man

By Damien Fahy

1 min Read 21 May 2010

Following my posts Money tip #67 – Make pension contributions on behalf of your spouse and children and get tax relief even though they don’t pay tax! and Money tip#68 – How you could be entitled to take your entire pension fund as a one-off cash lump sum they lead on to...

Pensions, Tax Mitigation, Investing, Tips, Tax

Money tip#68 - How you could be entitled to take your entire pension fund as a one-off cash lump sum

By Damien Fahy

2 min Read 20 May 2010

(Article updated 6th December 2011) Under current UK pensions legislation your pension fund ultimately has to provide you with a retirement income. Alternatively, it is possible to take a small slice of your fund as a tax-free lump sum (usually 25%) while the balance is used to purchase an income....

Pensions, Tax Mitigation, Investing, Tips, Tax

Money tip #67 - Make pension contributions on behalf of your spouse and children and get tax relief even though they don’t pay tax!

By Damien Fahy

1 min Read 13 May 2010

Update 22nd July 2013 This particular idea has been raised before on this blog but I felt it deserved to be a tip in its own right, so that I could add some meat to it.

Tax Mitigation, Tips, Capital Gains Tax, Tax

Money tip #63 to #66 – How to realise capital gains without paying tax

By Damien Fahy

1 min Read 12 May 2010

I orginally wrote this article when there when people were worried about the likelihood of a capital gains tax (CGT) hike in the emergency budget. However, this is still as relevant now as it was then as people are always looking for ways of realising gains without paying tax. There are a number of...

Pensions, Investing, Tips

Money tip #62 – Find a lost pension fund and get an unexpected windfall

By Damien Fahy

1 min Read 11 May 2010

As you change jobs throughout your working life it is easy to lose track of a pension contract, particularly if you changed jobs regularly. If you also take into account the number of address changes most people have it’s no wonder that there are millions of pounds worth of unclaimed...

Tax Mitigation, Investing, Mortgages, Tips, Saving For Your Future, Tax, Owning A Home

Money tip #61 – Sell your second home tax free just like an MP

By Damien Fahy

2 min Read 10 May 2010

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