http://blogs.thisismoney.co.uk/this_is_money_blog/ Britain's top financial journalists - from This is Money, the Mail on Sunday and the Daily Mail - lift the lid on making and saving money. en-GB Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:21:22 +0100 http://www.typepad.com/ http://blogs.thisismoney.co.uk/this_is_money_blog/2009/05/amazon-1p-bizarre-sale-is-it-a-ripoff.html http://blogs.thisismoney.co.uk/this_is_money_blog/2009/05/amazon-1p-bizarre-sale-is-it-a-ripoff.html As the queues of respectable-looking people desperate to spend a penny form outside the local branch of Marks & Spencer again this morning, one of our tech guys downstairs has pointed out that sometimes when goods are sold for 1p... Author: Richard Browning Funny money ANM Blog Fri, 22 May 2009 11:07:12 +0100 http://blogs.thisismoney.co.uk/this_is_money_blog/2009/05/uk-vehicle-car-scrappage-incentive-scheme-the-latest-and-best-deals-and-offers.html http://blogs.thisismoney.co.uk/this_is_money_blog/2009/05/uk-vehicle-car-scrappage-incentive-scheme-the-latest-and-best-deals-and-offers.html A fine round-up - with links to manufacturers' websites - of current car scrappage deals can be found on the MSN site. Check out... Car scrappage latest and best deals (MSN) They say: 'Here are the latest up-to-date scrappage deals... Author: Richard Browning Money savers Team: This is Money ANM Blog Mon, 18 May 2009 09:47:35 +0100 http://blogs.thisismoney.co.uk/this_is_money_blog/2009/05/funny-asda-complaint-about-a-pizza.html http://blogs.thisismoney.co.uk/this_is_money_blog/2009/05/funny-asda-complaint-about-a-pizza.html I'm not sure why Asda seems to attract the prank callers. It always strikes me as one of the better supermarkets with wonderful, helpful and friendly staff. In fact the customer services rep in this clip handles himself with dignity... Author: Richard Browning Funny money Team: This is Money ANM Blog Fri, 15 May 2009 08:37:51 +0100 http://blogs.thisismoney.co.uk/this_is_money_blog/2009/05/fraud-now-so-prevalent-it-has-its-own-country.html http://blogs.thisismoney.co.uk/this_is_money_blog/2009/05/fraud-now-so-prevalent-it-has-its-own-country.html The latest figures show that banking fraud continues to rise but did you know that Fraud is now a country in its own right? It is if you head over to the Alpha Telecom site. Between France and French Guiana,... Author: Richard Browning Broadband & phones Funny money ANM Blog Wed, 06 May 2009 14:55:09 +0100 http://blogs.thisismoney.co.uk/this_is_money_blog/2009/04/well-heres-one-way-to-make-money-online.html http://blogs.thisismoney.co.uk/this_is_money_blog/2009/04/well-heres-one-way-to-make-money-online.html I received a package this week from a trader on Amazon Marketplace and was surprised to see that the postage had been run through the franking machine of the geography department at Bristol University. No wonder university fees are so... Author: Richard Browning Consumer rage Funny money Team: This is Money ANM Blog Sat, 04 Apr 2009 11:09:40 +0100 http://blogs.thisismoney.co.uk/this_is_money_blog/2009/03/how-to-write-a-credit-crunch-book.html http://blogs.thisismoney.co.uk/this_is_money_blog/2009/03/how-to-write-a-credit-crunch-book.html Richard Browning is the author of How to Survive the Credit Crunch: 101 top tips to beat the credit crisis. Here's how the book came about... A few years ago, at the height of Britain's spending binge, I popped in... Author: Richard Browning Books Economy Funny money Money savers Team: This is Money ANM Blog Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:27:37 +0000 http://blogs.thisismoney.co.uk/this_is_money_blog/2009/02/what-cost-will-the-snow-have-on-the-uk-economy.html http://blogs.thisismoney.co.uk/this_is_money_blog/2009/02/what-cost-will-the-snow-have-on-the-uk-economy.html Today, I have had a first-hand view of the distopian horror show that was last year predicted by the think tank, the Item Club. And it is quietly terrifying. The railway station is closed. The usually bustling bus lanes are... Author: Richard Browning Economy ANM Blog Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:38:28 +0000 http://blogs.thisismoney.co.uk/this_is_money_blog/2009/01/discount-vouchers-whatever-happened-to-just-going-to-the-pub.html http://blogs.thisismoney.co.uk/this_is_money_blog/2009/01/discount-vouchers-whatever-happened-to-just-going-to-the-pub.html Whatever happened to just going to the pub for a pint and a meal? The internet. That's what happened. Now that managing your money has been made so complicated by wiry 0% credit card salesmen masquerading as your online mates,... Author: Richard Browning Consumer rage ANM Blog Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:33:01 +0000 http://blogs.thisismoney.co.uk/this_is_money_blog/2009/01/is-virgin-about-to-have-its-talktalk-moment.html http://blogs.thisismoney.co.uk/this_is_money_blog/2009/01/is-virgin-about-to-have-its-talktalk-moment.html Oh dear. Something's gone wrong at Virgin Media. An as yet unidentified problem with the server that powers its PCguard security software means, according to the service desk, that most customers are going to find that their firewall, anti-virus, anti-spyware... Author: Richard Browning Broadband & phones Team: This is Money ANM Blog Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:01:35 +0000 http://blogs.thisismoney.co.uk/this_is_money_blog/2008/09/most-commented.html http://blogs.thisismoney.co.uk/this_is_money_blog/2008/09/most-commented.html Our reader comments at the bottom of stories can make fascinating reading so I thought I'd create a list of some of those that have provoked the most debate. Favourite subjects for comment include house prices (as you might expect),... Author: Richard Browning Team: This is Money ANM Blog Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:47:28 +0100