Workers can earn a “s***load of money” from one of the least coveted jobs in the world if they are willing to put in the hours, a new hire has said. Cal McIlwaine, from Ireland, recently started working as a miner – one of the most dangerous jobs on the market – in Western Australia, […]
As the cost of living crisis continues, Britons could be missing out on hundreds each month. Around 36,000 members have used Creditspring’s Benefits Finder, with over eight in ten (82 percent) discovering they were eligible for benefits they hadn’t yet claimed. As eight million households miss out on £19 billion in unclaimed benefits and discounts […]
‘I’m set to save over £500 on energy bills next year because I part-own a wind turbine’ (Image: Eleanor Sherwen) A flat owner from West London has managed to lower her energy bills by part-owning a wind turbine. Eleanor Sherwen, 35, is one of 900 households across the UK who own Graig Fatha wind farm […]
Two best friends are now making millions from a greeting card company they launched with just £2,500. Marcus Ereira and Luke Shelley traded selling “sweets and sports memorabilia” at school for a portfolio of 10,0000 different paper and gift products through their business, Central 23. Based in Soho, central London, Central 23 has now built a […]
TSB has today launched a new rewards portal offering customers discounts and savings across a range of shops and services. From Samsung, Halfords and Vue Cinema to 20 percent off at The Body Shop online, the new portal comes as part of TSB’s efforts to “offer customers more” with the success of its recent partnerships. […]
A paralysed entrepreneur, who created one of the UK’s most popular apps for the disabled community after an embarrassing incident in a Spanish restaurant, has won a prestigious business award. Simon Sansome, aged 41, was left paralysed from the waist down, after a bungled chiropractic session resulted in three of his vertebrae being crushed. But […]
As winter tightens its grip, the UK’s unprecedented poverty deepens with almost four million people, including one million children, now experiencing destitution and the profound impact that has on health, mental health and peoples’ prospects. Hundreds are coming to the Big Issue to earn something to cover their basic needs. Its frontline team is […]
According to interactive investor’s estimates, the state pension will still fall short of around £2,643 of the figure needed for someone to have a basic retirement income. This calculation is based on the Pension and Lifetime Savings Association’s (PLSA) retirement living standards. Based on this metric, older households would currently require around £14,144 reach annually […]
Charities are labelling the DWP’s annual Christmas Bonus as “insulting” in calls for the Government to “urgently address” the disparity between benefit levels and the true cost of living. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) introduced the Christmas Bonus in 1972 at a value of £10, and the payment has largely remained the same since. […]
Hundreds of thousands of people who receive the state pension could be owed up to £5,000 in underpayments from the DWP, an expert has claimed. A recent House of Commons Committee report highlighted that significant state pension underpayments are due to missing Home Responsibilities Protection (HRP) data. According to the report, the Department for Work and […]
