It’s that time of the year when we swap the monotony of the daily grind for a few heady days of partying in a field with several thousand like-minded revellers. A liberating experience indeed, but one for which few are fully prepared. For that reason, Know Your Money recently held a competition asking users for [...]

We all love a good supercar wreckage, don’t we? Just how we all love to compare car insurance. There’s just something about seeing a car worth an extortionate amount of money smashed into bits at the hands of incompetent drivers. We take delight in the schadenfreude we experience when yet another vehicle that costs as [...]

By Rassam Fakour-Zaker Know Your Money Editor Just because world is on the verge of a horribly messy economic apocalypse doesn’t mean we can’t have fun, right? Right. However, we all know that expenditure on leisure is one of the first casualties of a recession; therefore, financially prudent entertainment is the best option. That’s where [...]

No adverts, trailers, or fancy introductions for this article – that’s how things end up going over budget (and word count). I’ll just note that all figures are either officially reported costs or estimates collated from various web sources. Movies are listed in order of adjusted budget (all adjusted to 2008 costs using this US [...]

Nowadays we’re continually hearing of how things are spiraling downwards. Opening up the newspaper – or indeed just looking at the front page – and we are greeted by a whole host of recurring phrases: “recession”, “credit crunch”, “price hike”, and – dare I say – “depression”. What you should really be wondering, is that [...]

Make a shopping list: This will ensure that you only buy what is necessary and don’t overspend. By making a list, you will have a good idea of what the final total will be, avoiding any unpleasant surprises. Avoid shopping while hungry: Ever gone shopping and thought to yourself: “I feel like eating some of [...]