Now I’m all for saving cash (funnily enough) but I was quite surprised by the results of the current poll on the site. Most people finding £50 would pocket the cash with very few questions asked. Funny isn’t it? I’m all for taking companies on but am a wee bit prudish when it comes to this. I’d...

I was doing the voice over for the first few versions of Make Me Rich yesterday. As part of the script I had to say “for more information visit our website itv.com/money”. I soon hastily changed this to “visit the itv.com/money website” – as I think it’d be very confusing for me to call it our. So...

I’m a stats junky (at one stage of my childhood I could name every World, British and European athletics record!). One of my favourite things is to watch the growth of this site using the Alexa Toolbar. This shows me any site I visit’s worldwide ranking ie. how many sites are bigger than that one worldwide (very...

I am shattered, on the train back from Banbury. It’s 3pm and this one has taken a day and a half to get all the necessary filming in – a little longer than normal. Even though the premise of the programme is how much money I can save in a day, sometimes it’s necessary to run over...

What a day! On the train back from Sutton Coldfield and Steve and Julies’ house. They were my nightmare (a great couple, but my nightmare), not because their finances were awful, but the opposite. Julie is a MoneySaver. She gets the freebies, she’s a good tart, she follows the info and she budgets to the penny, in...

Thought this transcript of a call I’ve just had may amuse you. Ringing phone… Voice: Hi can I speak to Martin Lewis please? Me: Speaking Voice: Hi, I’m a producer at BBC Breakfast News working with Declan Curry Me: Do say hello to Declan for me, we used to work together. Tell him we should grab a...

I nipped into the BBC the other day to do a quick interview for Radio 5 Live (the BBC is very conveniently placed half way between MoneySaving Towers and my house) on the way home. As I was walking through the newsroom I bumped into a couple of old colleagues, the lovely Jane Warr, who was always...

Just spotted a wee story on the Indian Telegraph. Great to see this site’s reputation spreading far and wide. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050910/asp/frontpage/story_5221235.asp Discuss this blog

I think I may have written about this before but I’ve just watched a trail for this on BBC1 and it reminded me. I remember getting the call from my agent to be on it. Fear….. my legs were so shaky I thought I was on the washing machine! The problem, as regular readers of the site...