Monthly Archives: October 2014

Any resident or visitor to London will have seen the warnings about card clash on the tube – the idea that you could be charged for a journey more than once on multiple contactless cards. But I wager fewer people have heard of coupon clash (mostly because I just made it up). I’ve been doing quite a...

Sadly, I’m not a millionaire and therefore don’t make nearly enough to be taxed anything close to £2.24 million. But I did recently buy my first home. One Friday night, towards the end of the buying process, I got home to find a letter from my solicitor. Buying a home involves A LOT of paperwork and it’s...

Collective switching first hit the scene in May 2012. The generic concept is that a trusted intermediary or local agency, such as a council, negotiates a deal with an energy supplier, then gets people to switch. The idea is great in principle, but in practice so far most collective switches haven’t come up with market-leading deals. Plus,...

My dad has always been a smoker and I’ve always encouraged him to stop. So when Stoptober came up in a forum brainstorm session, I jumped on the chance to help run the campaign. The idea behind Stoptober is to challenge people to give up smoking during October. It’s great as it not only improves people’s health,...