Cash Chats UK Money & Personal Finance podcast

In this week's bonus episode, Andy shares 5 top deals including: How to get two Legoland tickets for £23 Where to get a third off an Apple Macbook Why it's a good weekend to shop at Boots What business owners need to do to save £50 at Amazon Discounts to celebrate National Beer Day You can find more info and links for these are more over at https://becleverwithyourcash.com

This week Andy shares five hot deals that'll save you a packet, including: How to save 4% on Netflix subscriptions every time Get £20 + off at Very Kids go free at the theatre with Kids Week Why you need to ditch your Tesco bank account How to get an Echo Dot speaker for less than £16 More info on all these and more at https://becleverwithyourcash.com/

More quick fire offers and savings for this week from Andy Webb including: How to watch Liverpool vs Tottenham in the Champions League Final on BT Sport for free Ticketmaster's Flash Sale 20% off family activities at Expedia £1 for a big bottle of Brewdog's Lost Lager Odeon cinema and Chili movie rentals bundle More details on these over at https://becleverwithyourcash.com/deals-index/

This week's hottest offers as found by money geek Andy Webb include: £175 switching bonus from HSBC Free cinema tickets with packs of sweets and chocs £38 bargain printer with a year's supply of ink £1 trial of Tastecard for three months Sky Sports season pass discount You can find the links and more info on these deals at https://becleverwithyourcash.com/deals-index/

This week's quickfire deals include: An Odeon ticket and £10 movie rental credit for under £6 A bargain £255 Samsung TV Flight flash sale on routes to Rio, Buenos Aires, New York and Florida Spotify Premium for 99p More info on these are more over at https://becleverwithyourcash.com/

The deals you don't want to miss, including £15.98 Echo Dot speaker trick from Amazon £50 discount for Amazon Business accounts Big discounts on festivals including All Points East and British Summer Time £10 MOT from Halfords Tesco's "100 years" sale for Clubcard members Get more info on these and more at https://becleverwithyourcash.com/category/vouchers-deals/

This week I'm talking about going to the cinema. I love watching films on the big screen but it doesn't always come cheap. Still, I manage to pay around £6 or less each time I go, and you can too. Ahead of Avengers Endgame hitting cinemas, this week's episode shares how you can get your hands on six free tickets to Vue or Cineworld, have a year of 2-4-1 movies for around £1 and why you should shop around. Plus, I've taken a look at whether memberships are worth it. More info over at https://becleverwithyourcash.com/cashchats83/

This week's deals include: How to get paid to watch the new series of Game of Thrones Smart home bargains in the Amazon spring sale (and how to check the price is a good one) New £175 bank switching incentive Free craft beer! You can read more about all these deals over at https://becleverwithyourcash.com/

It's the start of a new tax year and with it are a fair few changes to your finances. Here's a quick run through of the major things you need to know. I've put some bullets below of the main points, but I've gone into more detail in this week's podcast episode. Changes affecting your earnings Tax threshold increases Personal allowance up to £12,500 from £11,850 Higher rate threshold up to £50000 from £46,350 In Scotland the personal allowance is also rising to £12,500, but above that tax rates are different so check it out National Insurance thresholds also going up. You'll now start paying 12% NI after you earn £8,632. But you pay it until you earn £50,024 (when it drops to 2%). Minimum wage aka the National Living Wage increases across all age groups Pension auto-enrolment levels to increase Employees 3% to 5% Employers 2% to 3% Price rises Council tax BBC report increase of 4.5% in England on average It's less in Scotland. Half increasing by 3% but some going for the cap of 4.79%. In Wales can go as high as 9.92%. TV licence up £4 a year (read more here) Energy cap increase - typically £117 a year added to variable bills (read more about the cap) Water bills up slightly - 2% on average Car tax up for most between £5 and £15 Prescriptions up 20p to £9 in England - everywhere else gets it for free (read about how to pay less) Dental charges up to £22.70 (up £1.10) Stamps went up at the end of March by 3p each. a second class stamp is 61p a first class stamp is 70p

The latest bitesize podcast with five top deals you need to grab before they are gone. This week: A cinema ticket a week for £9.99 a month with Mubi £5 or £10 Amazon vouchers when you shop via Vouchercodes Family discounts via a Little Bird trial for £1 John Lewis sale - can you price match? Last chance for an iTunes discount via O2 More information over at https://becleverwithyourcash.com/