Money Saving Expert (aka THE Best Money Saving & Advice Website in the UK!)

My regular followers will know that I am a HUGE fan of Martin Lewis and his MoneySavingExpert.com website. 

You may have seen various links to his articles and videos in previous posts here on Pennies 4 Parents. 

Photo used by kind permission from Martin - thank you!

Many of you will know Martin as the fast talking money guy from TV shows such as Daybreak, Lorraine and Watchdog.

MoneySavingExpert.com is THE place to go for advice on saving money, consumer rights, finding the best deals on just about everything, reclaiming money, and a whole lot more!

Martin set the website up in 2003 for £100.  Today, it has 10 million monthly users and there is a 30 strong team behind him.  I wouldn’t like to even take a guess at just how much money his tips and advice has saved people!

I advise everyone to visit the site and sign up for Martin’s weekly email where you’ll get hot-of-the-press news and deals, advance warnings of sales about to start and really important advice that I don’t think you’d find anywhere else but really should be finding out about!

 

The website has a dedicated Family, Income and Benefits section:  http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/family/ - a must read for any parent.

Here you will find advice on everything from Childcare Costs and Tax Credits to Student Loans.

Martin continuously campaigns to raise awareness of financial issues. His current big campaign is to “Make financial education a compulsory part of the school curriculum” - something that I think is really important for parents to get involved with.  For more information see here.  To sign the petition please click here.

You can follow Martin on Twitter: @MartinSLewis

And become a fan on Facebook

 

Find out more about him in this short biography video

Tax Credit Deadline – don’t save all your changes until 31st July!

As the Tax Credit Renewal deadline of 31^st July fast approaches, I’d like to

re-iterate the importance of telling the Tax Credit office of changes to your circumstances at the time that they actually happen. 

Please don’t save them all up until the renewal pack falls on your door mat!

If you have any kind of change in your personal life, work/self employment or childcare please pick up the phone and call the Tax Credit office as soon as you possibly can. 

Leaving important changes to information until July could mean you are possibly being overpaid (a real nightmare) or that you are losing out on additional payments that you could be receiving at a time you need them most.

If you have not yet sent back your renewal form or given them a call please do so now. 

Remember: if you do not contact them your payments will STOP!

Call the Tax Credit Helpline NOW on:   0845 300 3900

Please also watch this great “Tell ‘Em” video from Martin Lewis too:

http://www.itv.com/daybreak/money/martinlewissection/tax-credits/