Wednesday, 16 November 2011

Save money with the Utility Warehouse Discount Club - Julie Brooke

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Save money with the Utility Warehouse Discount Club

You may not have heard of the Utility Warehouse before – that’s the secret to saving lots of money! The company does not advertise in the national press or on TV. Instead, it relies on personal recommendation; satisfied customers letting their friends, family and colleagues know about the savings they have made. The company passes the savings it makes on to its members – by charging less.

Price Promise
The Utility Warehouse Price Promise means you can benefit from:
·         The UK’s cheapest Home Phone
·         The UK’s cheapest Home Phone and Broadband bundle
·         The UK’s cheapest Mobile tariffs
·         The UK’s cheapest standard Gas and Electricity

Or they will give you back Double the Difference!

Charges, terms and conditions apply. For full details of the Utility Warehouse Price Promise see http://www.blogger.com/goog_1335582249

Helping you switch
The Utility Warehouse will even reimburse up to £50 of early termination fees charged by your previous supplier(s) when you switch your services to them.

For a limited period (until 24 March 2012), the Utility Warehouse will refund up to £200 of early termination fees charged by your previous supplier(s) 

No minimum contract term
The Utility Warehouse is so confident that you’ll be happy with the money you save that most services have no minimum contract term, so you’re not tied in. If you're not totally happy with the money you save and the Utility Warehouse’s award-winning UK-based customer service team, you can go back to your current supplier's higher prices at any time!

Energy
The Utility Warehouse Price Promise means you can benefit from:
The UK’s cheapest standard Gas and Electricity Or they will give you back Double the Difference!

Charges, terms and conditions apply. For full details of the Utility Warehouse Price Promise see http://www.blogger.com/goog_1335582253

You'll be amazed at how much the Utility Warehouse could save you compared with the cheapest standard direct debit tariffs available from their competitors. And once you've transferred your energy to the Utility Warehouse you can relax, confident in the knowledge you'll always receive a really great deal with their unique 'Triple Value' guarantee.

 
'Triple Value' guarantee
The Utility Warehouse provides customers with complete peace of mind on their energy bills. They compare their prices every month against the average of the cheapest direct debit tariffs available from each of the 'Big 6' suppliers*, on a like-for-like basis and will adjust their prices on a regular basis if necessary.
1.   For your gas, they guarantee their prices will always be cheaper than British Gas,    wherever you live in the UK.
2.   For your electricity, they guarantee their prices will always be cheaper than the prices charged by the regional electricity supplier for the area where you live.
3.   And for your complete peace of mind, they guarantee their prices will always remain competitive compared with the cheapest standard tariffs available from the 'Big 6' suppliers*.
*'Big 6' means the six major energy companies who currently supply over 98% of UK households, comprising: British Gas, E.ON, npower, EDF, Scottish Power and Scottish & Southern Energy. Guarantees and price comparisons are based on the OFGEM standard domestic usage profiles for low, medium and high users  on a like-for-like basis, and exclude Club Membership fee, surcharge for gas customers using an Independent Gas Transporter, dual-fuel discounts and online tariffs. Applies to residential energy customers who pay by direct debit only.

10% Extra Discount on Energy
You can get an extra 10% discount on the energy you have used (gas, electricity or dual fuel) after you have been with the Utility Warehouse for a year. Ask me for details!

Feed-In Tariffs (FITs)
With the Utility Warehouse Feed-In Tariffs, you could save money – or even make money – by generating your own electricity at home, using solar panels or wind turbines. The Utility Warehouse will pay you more than any other supplier for the electricity you generate. Ask for details!

Julie Brooke
Authorised Distributor
The Utility Warehouse
Telephone: 07817 032484


A note from Pennies 4 Parents:
This is not a sponsored post and I have received no payment in order to feature it.
I just think it is something my readers may be interested in finding out more about. :o)



Wednesday, 9 November 2011

New Baby Presents that save money! - Rebecca Leek, NapNap

Here at NapNap we are always being told that the NapNap Voucher is a brilliant idea. We know! We are rather proud of it ourselves. And when people ask us how we thought of it, we are ready with our answer. When we had our first babies (and second and third!) we were given bundles of presents. Now this was obviously lovely and some were useful. However, we certainly now have enough babygrows and teddies between us to keep a baby army happy. At the same time, we had both chosen to use cloth nappies. 


Cloth nappies are much cheaper in the long run (especially if you are going to have more than one child) and are better for the planet and your baby's bottom. However, although they do work out cheaper, the initial buy can seem a lot. You can get started with a handful and ease yourself in but the idea of spending two or three hundred pounds feels like a fortune. In fact, it was what I spent the most money on when I was pregnant with my first (although I am the smug one now, pregnant with my third, not having spent any more on nappies since number one was born). So nappies would have been the best and most useful present. 


However, nappies are quite personal. Once you do a bit of research on the web, you discover that there are lots of different types. For example, will you choose a birth-to-potty, extending type that gets bigger as your baby grows? Or will you go for sized nappies where you need some in each size. It's a bit of a minefield. And that's why the NapNap Voucher was born - it can be used in lots of different places. So you can effectively ask for nappies for your new baby present but you still get to choose them yourself. The best of both worlds!


Disposable nappies are a false economy - they feel cheaper at the checkout but are much more expensive in the long run. We follow the philosophy of the NapNap Voucher with the other products we sell. Although some of the gifts in our online store, the Really Eco Baby Shop, can seem a bit more expensive than budget options, they are top quality, will last, are useful and are also kind to the planet. For example, our tin of crayons is more expensive than packs on the supermarket shelves. But we stock these because they are the only set of crayons that has lasted in this NapNap household. They are chunky, good quality, made of beeswax with no nasties, and come in a sturdy tin that is great to pop in the nappy bag. What other set of crayons lasts two years? 

So pop over to The Really Eco Baby Shop to see our philosophy in action. Do some guilt free shopping this Christmas. You will know that whether it's a NapNap Voucher, an organic baby-grow, or a wind-up toy, the gift will last and last. Be kinder to the planet and give a gift that won't end up gathering dust in a corner somewhere or getting broken before the 12 days of Christmas are out!


www.napnaphq.com - for advice an information on cloth nappies, where you can exchange your NapNap Voucher and much more.

www.reallyecobaby.co.uk - gifts for all the family that are kind to the planet, including the NapNap Voucher.

Follow us on Twitter @napnaphq and @really_eco_baby

Find us on Faebook: www.facebook.com/NapNapHQ







Wednesday, 2 November 2011

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 DaybreakLorraine 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