► Money A-Z

Scroll down to find a complete is a list of organisations, charities and services relating to money compiled by the Student Advisor. Or you can select the quick links below.

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General Money Saving & Money Management Advice

Banking

Benefits

Borrowing

Discount Codes

Loyalty Cards

Price Comparison Sites

Tax

General Money Saving & Money Management Advice

Advice Guide from Citizens Advice

See www.adviceguide.org.uk for lots of up-to-date and practical advice, guidance and fact sheets on money issues. the site also gives information on where to go for more help.

Money Saving Expert, Martin Lewis

Money Saving Expert is a site dedicated to saving consumers money on everything and anything.

Website: www.moneysavingexpert.com

Money Wise

This website covers all aspects of personal finance. News, articles, advice and guides from everyday money issues to how to grow your money. The site offers independent news and views, forums and blogs, as well as compare and buy comparison tools.

Website: www.moneywise.co.uk

What About Money?

This website is aimed at 16-24 year olds to help you better understand money issues and improve your ability to manage money.

Website: www.whataboutmoney.info

BANKING

Student Bank Accounts

Comapare all the student bank accounts on offer

Website: www.moneyfacts.co.uk/banking/bestbuys/banking_stud_accounts.asp

BENEFITS

Lots of websites will help you work out if you might be entitled to benefits. Try sites like www.entitledto.co.uk and www.turn2us.org.uk. Turn 2 Us also run a confidential helpline for benefit and charitable grant advice 0808 802 2000.

BORROWING

 Loan Sharks

Loan Sharks are illegal lenders who often use violence to intimidate borrowers for more information see

www.direct.gov.uk/stoploansharks

National Debtline  

A helpline that provides free confidential and independent advice on how to deal with debt problems. Contact them on 0808 808 4000 or visit www.nationaldebtline.co.uk 

DISCOUNT CODES

Many sites contain information on dicsount codes for high street and online shopping. You'll usually need to register with them in order to benefit from discounts. See sites like www.sendmediscounts.co.uk and www.myvouchercodes.co.uk to start saving.

Other sites have teamed up with cash back websites such as www.quidco.co.uk and www.greasy-palm.co.uk to make money back offers. These sites give you extra discounts if you make purchases through them.

LOYALTY CARDS

Loyalty cards can be a good way to save your money. As well as saving up points from money spent in store to use towards purchases you can convert points to buy other goods and save even more money. For example Tesco Clubcard points can go even further if used to buy other items like DVD rentals.

Cards like Sainsbury's Nectar Card can be used to gain points for shopping at other outlets like eBay and Amazon. Simply click the link from the Nectar site.

PRICE COMPARISON SITES

Price Runner

Sites such as www.kelkoo.co.uk, www.pricerunner.co.uk and www.savebuckets.co.uk scour the internet to find the cheapest deal for your item.

Money Supermarket 

The site www.moneysupermarket.com lets you compare a wide range of products including travel, insurance, money, mobiles and broadband.

 My Supermarket

Compares the cost of products from the four main UK supermarkets (Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Ocado/Waitrose) using www.mysupermarket.co.uk

Petrol Price Comparison

Helps find the cheapest fuel within 3 miles of your postcode using www.petrolprices.com saving up to 7p a litre.

TAX

Work out how much tax you should be paying and how to claim overpaid tax using www.studenttaxadvice.org.uk