Team Blog

As the temperature outside takes a dip, Christmas preparations are hotting up on the MSE Forum with Advent competitions, a seasonal savings challenge and MoneySavers in search of the perfect present.

It’s one of the UK’s most coveted private members’ clubs for those with the right credentials. No, it’s not Soho House, we’re talking ... Costco. We want to cut through the hype and check if Costco’s worth it, so this blog includes 17 tips, from how to save £100s on fuel to little-known ways you might be eligible to join.

This week on the MSE Forum, MoneySavers have posed questions about how to cut their spending and how to make wise choices when picking a product.

This week we have heard some great examples of how embracing all things MSE can make a life-changing difference, whether it's by reclaiming thousands of pounds cash you've overpaid or by winning a once-in-a-lifetime holiday in a competition you've found via the Forum.

Have yourself a merry homemade Christmas and take inspiration from the DIY exploits of MSE HQ and friends. By making their own wreaths, baubles, cards and other decorations using foraged or recycled materials, these MoneySavers cut down on a little of the waste and a lot of the expense of Christmastime. (And it's fun too.)

We love hearing how the MSE Forum has helped inspire MoneySavers to reach their goals, whether it's paying off a mortgage or achieving debt-free status. This week one Forumite told us how tips from the Forum had made a difference to them.

Whilst MSE's experts have been crunching the data to work out what the Budget means for your pocket, this week the Forum has asked and answered the usual array of MoneySaving questions, from the trivial to the life-changing.

This week we heard about a Forumite's once-in-a-lifetime 10-day holiday they won in a competition they'd found on the MSE Forum, and celebrated the news that two more compers will soon be off on amazing short breaks.

At MSE, we're proud to be always fighting consumers' corner (it's right there at the top of our website). The lead-up to the Budget is a key opportunity to tell the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, what we want to see in her first Budget of the new Labour Government.

Halloween can be a pricey time – and often much of what you buy ends up in the bin, charity shop bag or loft. Not very MoneySaving! But if you still want to have fun on a budget, there are lots of things you can do and make that cost nothing at all. The only rule here is no shopping – you have to use what's already in the house.