If you've moved home recently or are about to, there are always chores to get out of the way - including sorting out your energy supply. It's often a job to know where to even start... Which is why we have put together a handy step-by-step guide explainin...

Policies such as those for life insurance are forgotten about by a higher number of people than we might expect. This is because such policies are long term, sometimes 20 years or more, and holders can often move house or simply lose their documents durin...

As is often the case with life insurance, until one considers buying a policy and really begins to think about it, the complexities of being sure you get exactly what you and your family need are virtually unknown. Even such an obvious aspect of life insu...

Its official! Travelling to Europe in 2009 is going to cost you a lot more than it has done for a long time. As I write this £1 is worth €1.06, almost a third less than it was a year ago, and many are predicting a continuing decline. Still, many of us ...

The Isles of Scilly lie 28 miles due south west from the coast of Cornwall. Some travel experts, such as The Telegraph's Max Davidson, argue that that the islands haven't seen as many tourists as the numbers that visited during the sixties (they were made...

A recent survey conducted by Readers Digest has resulted in finance experts pigeon-holing the way we spend money into five different categories. Organising the habits of UK spenders in this way is quite funny, but does it really tell us anything new? With...

Am I a semi professional decorator? I was wondering the other day about how much I had learnt myself in order to make our house more comfortable and pleasant to live in, but without professional training or qualifications. Getting things done yourself is ...

Our village is small. We're fortunate to have a pub and a post office given there are just around 300 residents. The post office is there because it also serves people from the surrounding villages and outlying hamlets and farms. The pub is just plain goo...

The Marine Conservation Society has recently released their Good Beach Guide for 2009. The guide is taken from data compiled over the summer of 2008 and includes England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Island, as well as The Channel Islands and The Isle of...

Since 2005, all UK electricity suppliers have had to tell us what makes up the electricity that comes into our homes. This is called ‘fuel mix disclosure' and it's a requirement of energy regulator Ofgem. What is fuel mix? Electricity is generated...

It is no real surprise that the so-called economic crisis is causing us to think twice about going abroad in the summer, as well as having a knock-on affect on the travel industry as a whole. Yet, the consequences on what we need to consider before bookin...

A recent survey published by travelbite.co.uk shows that the global recession is causing many of us to conceal and omit certain information when buying travel insurance. However, despite the savings that can be made by ignoring or covering up certain aspe...

House insurance and home contents insurance is a contentious issue currently. Whilst many of us are cutting back on cover that seems less important during this time of economic struggle, insurance premiums are continuing to increase in price whilst the in...

Despite Sterling's recent rise to a five-month high, it is fair to say that the pound is still relatively weak in relation to the Euro and the Dollar - especially compared to last year. However, if you are still eager to cross some amount of water for you...

Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning can be fatal. And because the deadly gas has no colour, taste or smell, it's difficult to detect, hence its nickname the ‘silent killer'. The worrying thing is that CO can leak into your home if you have a poorly maintaine...