Posts written in May, 2012

Good news from this week’s New Scientist magazine: it looks as though we will have freed ourselves from our over-dependence on petrol and diesel before ‘peak oil’ hits and we start running out. How come? Worldwide sales of electric and hybrid cars are steadily increasing. And at the same time, electric car battery technology is…read more

Garden sheds are useful things. But they’re often butt ugly especially when they’re new, the wood looks raw and your plants haven’t had a chance to soften the outlines. There are some spectacularly fancy sheds on the market but they cost a lot more than a bog standard model. So how can you pimp your…read more

Would you like to reduce your everyday expenses dramatically? If so, good old-fashioned downshifting can help you do exactly that. How? By establishing when the expensive option is worth the money and when cheaper buys are just as good. Expensive stuff isn’t always better than cheap. Big brands can afford to advertise more. We see…read more

You can spend your hard earned cash on shop-bought cakes and fill yourself with additives – and often far too much salt and sugar – or you can make your own. The Americans adore making cupcakes, aka fairy cakes, and in the past couple of years their passion has made it way across the Atlantic….read more

I used to hate going to the gym. I’d have to force myself down the road to pump iron after a hard day’s work. I sort of enjoyed it – in a masochistic way – once I got there but boy, it was an uphill struggle! I felt guilty when I stopped going. But I…read more

It’s ages since we’ve covered the basics of saving money, so I’m going to revisit it today. Here’s a bunch of simple tips to help you save money quicker, more effectively and most of all, visibly. Why visibly? Because it’s much easier to keep up the momentum when you’re fully engaged with the matter in…read more

See, we’ve thought of everything! As well as loads of domestic and personal discount codes, we also offer Gap Insurance for businesses: Guaranteed Auto Protection. What is it? Say you buy a commercial vehicle. You make a down payment, then a regular monthly payment. Three months later, your vehicle is written off. But you still…read more

In the 1970s a power cut meant no telly, radio or lights… and that was more or less it. In the days before central heating was common, along with thousands of others my Mum blundered around pitch black supermarkets with lighted candles stuck to her shopping trolley to show her the way. Today it just…read more