Savings & Investment

This week we thought we should have a look at some of best Xmas tips to inspire creative ways to take the cost out of Christmas but leave the fun.

It may come as a surprise to some but not all food grows in a packet, lives in a refrigerator, or comes with a price tag. There are many, many foods that cost nothing!

We talk to Retirement Commissioner Diane Maxwell about her forward-looking approach to the role and passion ...

Many thanks for all of you letters, emails, texts, tweets, posts, faxes, telegraphic transfers, and snail mail tips and titillations in recent weeks. They are always "interesting", often amusing, and appreciated by others looking at ways to save money. He

Summer is the season for weddings and no doubt many will be planning their special day - and despairing at the cost! Over the years we have received some excellent tips and comments from readers about ways to take the cost out of a wedding. Here are two

Here's a smorgasbord of the great money-saving tips we have received

Spring has sprung and that means it's time to do those cleaning and clearing jobs that have been conveniently ignored throughout the winter.

It's spring so its time to think about planting for a long summer harvest. Most oily raggers are keen gardeners, not only because it saves heaps of money, but also because home-grown produce has more flavour and is better for you.

30 years ago people would go to the bank with fear and trembling to request a loan. How times have changed.

We recently noticed an interesting article about a company making toilet paper out of recycled sugar cane stalks. It said recycled toilet paper is more expensive than the stuff made straight from trees ("because the carbon footprint is huge") which got us