MONEY worries keeping you awake at night? You’re not alone.
Around 31 per cent of people admit losing kip over cash woes, according to Government-funded advice group the Single Financial Guidance Body.
On World Sleep Day today, here are some saving tips to put those fears to bed.
- Save without even trying: Chip is an app that saves small amounts of money from your bank account into a Chip account without you feeling the pinch. Invite friends to join and save even more by earning one to five per cent annually.
SAVE: £40 a month on average – enough to treat a family of four at Nando’s - No more wasted energy: Hunting around price comparison sites can be a chore but Switchcraft does all the hard work for you, and it’s free. Signing up takes just two minutes at switchcraft.co.uk and you don’t even need a bill on hand. It will alert you to better deals than your current one and even swap providers for you.
SAVE: up to £219 a year – about 23 breaks with Sun Hols from £9.50 - Subscription spy: The Bean app tracks all your regular payments such as your bills and subscriptions to services like Netflix and lets you know where you can get a better deal.
SAVE: up to £672 a year – more than enough to put towards this year’s Christmas costs - Spend and save: Get cashback and vouchers overnight when you take photos of your receipts and upload them on free reward apps like Receipt Hog and Shoppix. You will receive tokens that can be redeemed for Amazon vouchers or PayPal credits.
SAVE: £45 a month on average – enough for a family cinema trip - Cashing in: Get free money for something you were going to buy anyway. Topcashback.co.uk and Quidco.com are popular cashback sites that pay you when you shop at popular retailers by clicking through them. You can buy all sorts, from a laptop to an insurance policy or just your weekly groceries, and get pounds straight back into your pocket.
SAVE: up to £300 a year – to put towards a rainy day - ALL prices on this page are correct at time of going to press. Deals and offers are subject to availability.
Deal of the day
MAKE the step up from a cot less scary for your little one with this colourful PJ Masks toddler bed – with protective side guards. It’s down to £30.99, from £79.99 in Argos.
SAVE: £49
Cheap treat
SMELLS good enough to eat! Sanctuary’s salted caramel macadamia bath spa soak is only £3.95 at fragrancedirect.co.uk. Down from £10.
SAVE: £6.05
My Sun Savers fiver
SHEILA HUDSON from Brixham, Devon, says: “I’m saving my fivers to go towards the bubbly for our diamond wedding celebrations in June.”
- Share your Savers fiver stories at sunsavers.co.uk/fivers and get 28 codes, worth £5, if we print yours here. Please include your name and town.
Top swap
WE shed light on another great buy. Bag a vanilla-scented Cornucopia candle in large glass-jar from Card Factory for less than half the price of a similar sized Yankee version at Asda.
SAVE: £8.01
Reader’s saving tip
CONNOR McGUIRE from Cleethorpes, Lincs, says: “Save money on expensive pesticides to get rid of ants inside the house by sprinkling a little powdered cinnamon at points of entry.”
- Share your Savers fiver stories at sunsavers.co.uk/fivers and get 28 codes, worth £5, if we print yours here. Please include your name and town.
Shop & save
SPICE up your evening with two curry ready meals and a four-pack of Coors Light beer for only £7 at the Co-op. Pick from chicken korma and pilau rice or chicken tikka and rice. Was £9.75.
SAVE: £2.75
Hot right now
GET set for Easter by snapping up Ferrero Rocher cacao mini eggs at Tesco for just £2 per 100g pack.
Play now to win £15,000 on the Sun Savers Raffle
JOIN thousands of readers taking part in the new Sun Savers Raffle.
Every Sun Savers code you enter will earn you a ticket for our £15k monthly Raffle. And for every ten tickets you collect in a calendar month, you get a GOLDEN TICKET for our £80k Raffle, which takes place every three months, with the first one at the end of June.
There is no limit to how many tickets you can collect. So the more you enter, the better your chances.
To take part go to sunsavers.co.uk or open the Sun Savers app. Then opt in to each month’s Raffle by clicking “Yes!” when prompted and start collecting the Sun Savers codes printed daily in the paper.
Every time you scan or enter a code into Sun Savers, you get a Raffle ticket in the £15k Raffle.
Not yet a Sun Savers member? Just go to sunsavers.co.uk or find “Sun Savers” in the app store to get started.
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YOU can get FREE cash with super Sun Savers just for buying your favourite paper.
Our brilliant new rewards club will pay back our most loyal readers.
Just pick up the paper each day to collect your Sun Savers codes and we will GIVE YOU £5 when you have collected 28.
This isn’t a one-off and there is no limit to how much cash you can save.
For every 28 codes you enter, we will give you a fiver. So over the course of a year, that could add up to £65.
We are keeping it super-simple. You don’t have to enter codes from consecutive days, so don’t worry if you forget a day or two.
Download our easy Sun Savers app and quickly scan your code using your smartphone. Or go online and enter your code at sunsavers.co.uk.
To get you on your way, join today and we will put a bonus £1 in your Sun Savers wallet tomorrow. And the good news doesn’t stop with free cash.
With Sun Savers, we give you the best hacks, deals and tips to save money every single day.
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