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Three ways to earn more interest on savings: regular savers, notice accounts and fixed-rate bonds

How regular savers, notice accounts and fixed-rate bonds work, how their interest compares with easy-access accounts, and what to check before you open one.

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How to check and reclaim credit from your energy supplier

How to check whether you are in credit with your energy supplier, how to ask for credit back, and what Ofgem says about refunds and complaints.

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Energy Cost Calculator

With so many of our readers concerned about energy bills (who isn't really), we've made an energy cost calculator. Use this to help figure out how much you might pay based on your usage.

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Credit Cards with No Annual Fee: Cashback, Travel and Air Miles Options

A comparison of UK credit cards with no annual fee, covering cashback, fee-free spending abroad and Avios, with representative examples for each card.

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Do car insurers check my credit score?

NimbleFins explains why and how car insurers might check your credit score.

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Why savings rates change: what's moving the UK savings market in 2026

Why UK savings rates move: how Bank Rate, market expectations and inflation feed through to easy-access and fixed-rate savings, with Bank of England data.

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Council Tax bands: how to check yours and how to challenge it

How Council Tax bands work in England and Wales, how to compare yours with similar homes, what evidence counts and how to ask the Valuation Office to review it.

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Cash payments in the UK: how many people still use cash, and can it help with budgeting?

Cash is now a small share of UK payments. See what UK Finance data shows about cash use, how cash budgeting works and how it affects your credit history.

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Cash ISAs vs Stocks & Shares ISAs: how they compare

Cash ISAs vs stocks and shares ISAs: how each works, the risks involved, how the annual allowance applies and what changes for cash ISAs from April 2027.

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Regular savings accounts: how they work and what they pay

Learn how regular savings accounts work, why you earn less than the headline rate, and what to check on monthly limits, withdrawals and eligibility.

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Choice of savings accounts reaches a record high, according to Moneyfacts

The number of savings accounts on the market has hit a record high on Moneyfacts' figures, but average rates are still well below the top deals.

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Can Universal Credit check my savings account?

How savings affect Universal Credit: the £6,000 and £16,000 limits, how tariff income works, and what the DWP can find out about your bank account.

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Latest articles

Finances can be confusing. Here you can find clear information, so you can take control and feel good about your money.

Article

Three ways to earn more interest on savings: regular savers, notice accounts and fixed-rate bonds

How regular savers, notice accounts and fixed-rate bonds work, how their interest compares with easy-access accounts, and what to check before you open one.

Read article

Article

How to check and reclaim credit from your energy supplier

How to check whether you are in credit with your energy supplier, how to ask for credit back, and what Ofgem says about refunds and complaints.

Read article

Article

Energy Cost Calculator

With so many of our readers concerned about energy bills (who isn't really), we've made an energy cost calculator. Use this to help figure out how much you might pay based on your usage.

Read article

Article

Credit Cards with No Annual Fee: Cashback, Travel and Air Miles Options

A comparison of UK credit cards with no annual fee, covering cashback, fee-free spending abroad and Avios, with representative examples for each card.

Read article

Article

Do car insurers check my credit score?

NimbleFins explains why and how car insurers might check your credit score.

Read article

Article

Why savings rates change: what's moving the UK savings market in 2026

Why UK savings rates move: how Bank Rate, market expectations and inflation feed through to easy-access and fixed-rate savings, with Bank of England data.

Read article

Article

Council Tax bands: how to check yours and how to challenge it

How Council Tax bands work in England and Wales, how to compare yours with similar homes, what evidence counts and how to ask the Valuation Office to review it.

Read article

Article

Cash payments in the UK: how many people still use cash, and can it help with budgeting?

Cash is now a small share of UK payments. See what UK Finance data shows about cash use, how cash budgeting works and how it affects your credit history.

Read article

Article

Cash ISAs vs Stocks & Shares ISAs: how they compare

Cash ISAs vs stocks and shares ISAs: how each works, the risks involved, how the annual allowance applies and what changes for cash ISAs from April 2027.

Read article

Article

Regular savings accounts: how they work and what they pay

Learn how regular savings accounts work, why you earn less than the headline rate, and what to check on monthly limits, withdrawals and eligibility.

Read article

Article

Choice of savings accounts reaches a record high, according to Moneyfacts

The number of savings accounts on the market has hit a record high on Moneyfacts' figures, but average rates are still well below the top deals.

Read article

Article

Can Universal Credit check my savings account?

How savings affect Universal Credit: the £6,000 and £16,000 limits, how tariff income works, and what the DWP can find out about your bank account.

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