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In tough financial times you can still have fun if you plan ahead and hunt for bargains – money saving tips for shoppers

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

It is now very common that many people who were financially well off are now battling to make ends meet. All thanks to the economic slump of recent times. Shopping sprees and holidays are no more a luxury everyone can afford every now and then. To help you out, there are numerous websites working in collaboration with stores around the UK that are offering discounts and many other attractive deals. These are available on shoes, clothing, kitchenware, furniture, travel, hotels, spas and beauty salons and all sorts of other shopping places and holiday activities that one can think of.

So if you have an important holiday or special occasion coming up or you just haven’t gone shopping in a long while, you should start researching these discount websites. Go onto the internet and search for Groupon deals in London for example and you will soon see a wide range of deals and discount vouchers. All you have to do is find the ones you like and make sure you print off the vouchers or if you have a Smartphone you can save the voucher on your handheld device. Collecting extra discount coupons is always a wise thing to do for you never know what you might want to buy once you are out there.

Groupon deals are the best and the most popular. Like many other such websites offering discounts, it offers discounts on almost all things, travel and transportation, beauty salons, city tours, clothing, restaurants etc. Most importantly, these are available as part of deals. For example, if you go to say the Royal Terrace Spa, you will get a discount for a whole package, which would include a full face, neck and shoulder massage including a hair treatment or a manicure. This way you save more. Redchat will charge you only £20 instead of £90 for a 60-minute Aveda elemental nature massage plus an Aveda manicure, along with 50% off in store waxing.

Some other websites will offer you huge discounts on clothing and shoes. Something you cannot say no to at all. There are some great deals in Belfast and London and also some other major cities housing the best fashion names. Fashion Boutique, European Designers, Saville Row Co., Barratts, Oasis and Republic, to name a few, that have exclusive designer wear and to-die-for clothes, shoes and accessories and these will all be available to you on discounted prices. European Designers is selling exclusive couture discounted by up to 75%. Glasses Direct in London is offering a voucher worth £39, available for only £9. This will let you save 77% and buy two quality prescription glasses. So all the ladies should especially be planning ahead and collecting all the best discount vouchers that they can before they are all sold out.

This might seem like a tedious task but believe me once you are doing it, it will be fun and more importantly save you money. If you have enough of such discount vouchers and coupons, you can never have enough of all there is to buy on the high street. And you will only want more.

Tags: huge discounts, tough financial times, Belfast, Redchat, Saville Row Co., GBP, luxury

More than half of families struggling with debt

Saturday, November 13th, 2010

It has been revealed in a recent report that more than half of UK families are now struggling to repay their debts, and this could get worse as living costs continue to increase. The research results have been released on the back of warnings from the Bank of England that the cost of living is set to increase. This will put even greater strain on households that are already struggling with their finances.

Mervyn King, the governor of the central bank, said that the increase in living costs was down to a number of factors, including soaring commodity prices, rising power bills, and the up and coming VAT hike that will see VAT increase to 20 percent at the start of next year. The Bank of England also revealed that more than 50 percent of families in the UK were already struggling to keep up with debt repayments, and these rising costs could make the situation even worse.

Around 51 percent of households in the UK are now said to be struggling with their debts and finances, and this is said to be the highest on record with the Bank of England, which started keeping records fifteen year ago. The central bank warned that inflation is likely to rise and remain high for longer than had been predicted just a few month ago. King said that businesses were having to pass on soaring import costs to customers, which would put further pressure on inflation.

Inflation currently stands at 3.1 percent, and this is considerably higher than the 2 percent target set by the government. The Bank of England now believes that inflation will not all back to its target level of 2 percent until at least 2012.

Tags: UK, bank of england, start, central bank, governor, increase, Mervyn King

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