A desperate family who were forced to appeal a decision over support for nursing home fees has finally won its battle and recovered £90,000. Alan Royle, 87, was suffering from severe Parkinson’s disease and dementia before he passed away in 2021. With his nursing home fees reaching around £5,000 a week, the family applied for […]

In a tiny Middle-Eastern country, neighbouring Iraq, Iran and Saudi Arabia, you will find the world’s strongest currency. Kuwait, found in one of the world’s most inhospitable deserts in the Arabian Peninsula, is home to the world’s most valuable, strongest and most stable currencies. It is one of the world’s wealthiest nations by GDP per […]

 Making money in no way needs to be boring. It can, however, sound boring. Sometimes we read a side-hustle that is so grey it actually does a full 360 and becomes funny. Whether it’s selling toilet roll holders, sleeping, queueing or any scintillating hustle that belongs next to a book of boring postcards, we are […]

New research has revealed that the average cost of care homes in the UK sits at £1,036 per week. This is around 408 percent higher than the average state pension, which stands at £208.35 per week. In light of this, mobility equipment supplier, Oak Tree Mobility has investigated the growing cost of care homes across […]

Bank of England ‘likely’ to hold Base Rate in March – but here’s when it might drop (Image: Getty) The chances of a Base Rate drop in March are falling by the week, analysts suggest. The Bank of England (BoE) Base Rate, which impacts mortgage interest rates, has been held at a 15-year high of […]

Kelly Quick is a full-time independent direct seller and makes around £2,600 a month. The 43-year-old started direct selling in November 2020 as a side-hustle to top up her main income from her call centre job. After a couple of years, the income from direct selling was so successful that it allowed her to reduce […]

Forking out hundreds of pounds a year for a gym membership just isn’t feasible in a cost-of-living crisis, luckily there are plenty of ways to get fit for free. Source link

Around 10,000 Brits are set to receive £25 to help towards their heating bills this winter, as the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) issues the first Cold Weather Payments. Forecasts of sub-zero temperatures in Cumbria, Northumberland and around the Scottish Borders have resulted in the payments being triggered in a total of 19 postcode […]

Households are being urged to check whether they can make certain changes at home to save hundreds of pounds on their energy bills. The Energy Saving Trust has updated its savings tips in line with the new gas and electricity prices, which increased on January 1 after Ofgem raised the price cap again. Subsequently, the […]

Money-saving technique that could save you hundreds Over at MoneyMagpie we have really started to quite like TikTok. It had a slightly overwhelming introduction – it moves really fast and is awash with sometimes dreadful advice (absolutely anyone can be a so called “expert”). However, we have garnered quite a following and found that we can […]