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In a Tough Economy, Can Smarter Spending also Support Small Businesses? Enter Steppr and Alternatives

Recent years have seen growing consumer interest in local, ethical, and independent businesses – but price still gets in the way. Even with good intentions, shoppers often default to cheaper, larger retailers. Meanwhile, small businesses face mounting marketing costs and increasing pressure from online giants.

With inflation continuing to squeeze household budgets, many people are looking for ways to save. This has fuelled the popularity of discount-driven platforms – offering variations of vouchers, coupons, cashback offers, and promo codes.

While legacy services like...

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4 Types of Laser Level Perfect for DIY Projects

Getting crafty and working on DIY projects as a hobby or even as a professional can be quite fun and exciting. In order to work on DIY projects properly and get satisfying results every time, one should have the right set of tools to help them get creative. One of the most important tools that any DIYer should have in their toolbox is a laser level. This smart tool helps craftsmen measure everything accurately without missing any bumps or lines that can ruin their projects. Here are some of the most popular laser level types that can come in handy for your next project.

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Wealth Tax could trap the middle classes - Old Mill

Authored by PR Prose
Posted: Sun, 12/13/2020 - 3:05pm

With the average detached home in the UK worth almost £450k, and the average pension pot worth around £50,000 a ‘Wealth Tax’ set as a low as £500,000 could impact millions of normal Brits

The Wealth Tax Commission this week has published a paper proposing how a one-off wealth tax payable on all individual wealth above £500,000 and charged at 1% a year for five years would raise £260 billion to effectively ‘pay’ for coronavirus.

But there are fears that a tax set at £500,000 is far too low, given that the average detached home in the UK has a value of almost £450,000 (...

Christmas rip-off: UK travel routes on five-day Christmas break up to 105% more expensive

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Sun, 12/13/2020 - 6:21am

New research by travel money experts, FairFX , has revealed Brits planning to travel across the UK during the relaxed five-day Christmas break could end up paying more than double compared to just a week earlier.

Analysing the cost of one-way tickets for popular flight, train, ferry and coach routes during the period of relaxed Covid-19 restrictions, FairFX found an average price increase of 105% compared to just one week earlier, with some routes as much as 215% more expensive.

The research comes following announcements from all four UK Governments confirming travel...

Fake chewing tobacco - A safe option

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Sat, 12/12/2020 - 6:42am

Chewing tobacco is a smokeless tobacco substance that is eaten by inserting a segment of tobacco between the cheek and gum or upper lip and teeth and then chewing. To experience taste just like tobacco without really consuming it, you have many fake chewing tobaccos available.

Reasons Why People Smoke?

If we asked smokers why they smoke, they would put forward a ton of reasons for their activity. They take smoking as a stress reliever; it is a sort of pleasure, or to run away from a social situation. You will find people that had adopted this habit when they were...

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What makes a healthy relationship: The unseen power of self-care

Apparently, you must first create an immense love for yourself to be able to love others. Read on to learn more about self-care and creating healthy relationships .

How Important Is Self-care For A Healthy Relationship?

Ooh, how tiring is it when all the efforts you make in your relationship don't count to your partner? You feel like they don't appreciate you, or maybe they're just turning a blind eye to all you're doing. But look, your better half isn't turning a blind eye; maybe you're working on the relationship from the wrong direction. Not sure? Let’s find out....

4 Tips for Ensuring Financial Security As You Retire

Authored by Sam Richards
Posted: Wed, 12/09/2020 - 11:27pm

Retirement is often an exciting time for so many reasons. If you work a particularly stressful job, or one you don't like, you'll likely be ecstatic simply to be rid of it. Even if you enjoy your work, retirement still offers plenty of benefits when you're ready. You'll finally have complete control over your time, for one thing. This gives you the opportunity to more freely pursue your hobbies or even develop new ones. This freedom is also an opportunity to enjoy social life more or travel if you still have some destinations on your bucket list. Of course, you won't be able to do much if...

The Greatest Snowman

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Wed, 12/09/2020 - 11:14pm

With the odds on a White Christmas 2020 looking fairly likely, depending on where you live, it’s a good idea to start planning how you’re going to make your first snowman of the year stand out amongst the rest! In Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern areas of England, snow is all but confirmed, with odds ranging from 4/1, 6/1 and 9/1 for the latter.

And, what better way to brainstorm your next creation than look at some of the masterpieces that have come before you? Read on as we take you on a tour of some of the greatest snowmen that, we think, have ever been built!

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Some awesome landmarks to visit in the United Kingdom

The UK is a truly wonderful place to visit, and an incredible place to live in, known all around the world for many things, like their posh attitude (in most cities), the Queen, and their never-ending excessive intake of tea. Fun fact, studies estimate that around 165 million cups of tea are drunk in the UK every day!

Although, the UK isn’t just known for being a lovely place to live in with great people and tasty warm beverages. It’s also chuck filled with amazing must-see landmarks which are essential to visit for any traveller from anywhere in the world. Here we’ve come up...

Cleanup Tips After Your Grill Party All Night

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Mon, 12/07/2020 - 5:36pm

Is there something better than spending a warm summer afternoon with a bunch of family members and friends in your backyard? Fire the grill, put on some nice music, and enjoy time with the people you love. There is nothing like a good BBQ party!

However, once the party is over you are left with quite a mess. No matter how great of a time you had, cleaning up after the whole thing is over is not something anyone is looking forward to. But there are ways that will help you tackle this annoying task as quickly as possible. Let’s check them out.

Use as Much of Disposable Items...

Hen Party Activities in the South West

Cakes and glamorous dresses are integral parts of marriage, just like a hen party is as well. With a fantastic group of your favorite girls and lots of good wine, you can rest assured that you will have the night of your life while celebrating the last days you have as a single girl.

The history of hen do is not at all pretty as the celebration might suggest. In the past, women were considered valuable commodities to be traded just like lands.

Nowadays, hen parties are a passage of rite when it comes to modern marriage, however, they hold a different meaning. Hen parties...

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