Update Note: A&L contacted me after it read this blog. Its PR consultancy incorrectly sent me an early draft of the release. A&L itself had rewritten it to delete the reference to consolidation and this is the one I should have got. It’s apologised I got the wrong one and I’m pleased to see it wasn’t pushing...

As you’ll see from today there’s a new logo at the top of the site. Now this isn’t a redesign, in some ways it’s a bit of a cheat. All we’ve done is swapped the images that were there – which enables a speedy cosmetic makeover. A proper redesign is planned for next year, but it’s a...

Just finished a series of meetings this afternoon. Rather excited that after Make Me Rich ends, I’m going to be on a new ITV series that starts in January. I can’t tell you too much as I’m not sure how much of it is public, but it’s a magazine type programme and I’ll be doing a weekly...

It’s 1.30 am. I’ve just got home from the 2005 end of year TV’s Greatest Moment Awards presented by Jonathan Ross. The programme goes out on New Years Eve. Now I need to be careful not to tell you the winners as that’s naughty. However I’ve just had a fantastic evening, and to be honest am writing...

I was flying back from Manchester to London. On the way through the security check the guard said to me “excuse me sir, is this your coat?” As I said yes he began to check it. As he’s doing it he says “so what’s the cheapest credit card to have? I don’t have one” As he wasn’t...

I’m waiting to go on Jeremy Vine on Radio 2 and my tummy’s rumbing. Sadly to find your way through BBC Broadcasting house is a nightmare, and you need a special permitted key fob to get through the doors. So who do you ask?…. only the best of course. And when I did ask what service. Not...

I did the final voice over for Make Me Rich today. Five programmes voiced up in one day – quite hard graft, I’ve a sore throat now, as I sit at Manchester airport on my way back to London. I’ve learnt a lot filming the series. Both about MoneySaving and about me as a TV performer. In...

Walking near Harley Street in London the other day I saw the following exchange: Man on big motorbike parks, just beating man on little motorbike to the last parking space. Little motorbike man looks disappointed and asks: LBM “any chance I can have that space mate? I’m in a real hurry” BBM “piss off, I was here...

Neil the site’s techie has started replying to questions with “computer says no”. This is a damaging trend. What next? Andrea replying by saying “yes, but no but, yes but no but yes… there’s a freebie” Discuss this blog

In the office complex where MoneySaving towers is based, there’s a bar/restaurant for all to use. I often take my laptop there and write during the day. Many of the companies’ employees are young so mid-month evenings the bar is deserted. Yet when it comes to the last Friday of the month the place is a kicking,...