Articles written by Carl

A recent investigation by a leading UK newspaper has revealed that banks are failing to tell borrowers whether they can get the cheapest loan and credit card rates or even how much they could borrow without undergoing a credit check that can leave a damaging foot print on their credit file. When you see an [...]

I want, I want, I want…. does this sound familiar? Well we’ve had floods of emails asking for this year’s must have presents. The NMH team have turned hunter gatherers to find the top ten presents with the top ten prices. Good luck and happy shopping. Christmas 2011 top 10 toys are: 1. Fijits – [...]

I’m sorry to say the time has come to discuss the subject of Christmas… Already!! The year has flown by and it’s time to get serious about our Christmas spending habits. Last year, The UK’s average family Christmas spend was around £414, so here’s our top 5 tips to get you prepared for Xmas 2011! [...]

Last year turned out to be a further difficult year for many households in Leicester, with the city featuring highly in the league for personal insolvencies for the 2nd year running. Official records show that last year 2338 people in Leicester took out some form of debt solution, either with an Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA), [...]

Now all the schools are back after the summer holidays, the school uniforms, pens, pencils and rulers have all been bought, cash is running low, what do you put in your child’s lunch box? The customer service team at National Money Helpline have been debating, what should you put in your child’s lunch box in [...]

This week’s money saving tip comes in the form of an intelligent shopping website by the name of mysupermarket.co.uk. The team at National Money Helpline have taken to this website like a duck to water – not only will you save on average £18.00 per week but it may also help you save a pounds [...]

ComRes recently conducted an online survey on behalf of the trade body R3, which found that nearly 50% of the nation believes debt and financial pressures played a part in the rioting and looting in London, Manchester & Birmingham. The research also highlighted that almost 92% of those questioned blame financial institutions for easily accessible [...]

The summer holidays are coming to and end, and every parent with children of school age are starting the hunt for the new school uniform, so to follow with our theme of money saving tips, we have put together a quick comparison of the supermarkets school uniform prices. Where to buy your school uniform?: Asda [...]

The customer service team at National Money Helpline, have put together their third shopping basket of discounts, and Buy One Get One Free (BOGOF) to help our readers and clients save some money on their weekly shopping This week’s shopping list looks something like this: Was £ Now £ Save % Ends Sainsbury’s Gillette Series [...]

The customer service team at National Money Helpline, have put together another shopping basket of discounts, and Buy One Get One Free (BOGOF) to help our readers and clients save some money in these difficult economic times. The team have put together some of the 50% discounts available at Morrison’s on food we all buy [...]