Making your money stretch doesn’t have to feel like punishment. You don’t need to cut everything you enjoy, live on plain pasta, or pretend you love tap water. Sometimes it’s just about removing the leaks – the small wins
Castle Insights
Welcome to Castle Insights, your hub for simple, actionable money guidance. Here you’ll find saving tips, budgeting advice, and fresh insights designed to help you take control of your finances. Whether you’re looking to make your money stretch further or build better habits, our articles are here to support your journey toward smarter spending and stronger financial confidence.
Our Favourite Stocks & Shares ISAs
Over the long term, as we’ve discussed many times, investing in the stock market is one of the most reliable ways to grow your money and beat inflation. A Stocks & Shares ISA lets you do exactly that, with the added bonus
Your Cash, Protected
Big news for savers, and for once, it’s actually good news. From 1 December, the rules around how your money is protected are changing. The FSCS protection limit (the scheme that steps in if your bank, building society or credit union collapses) is rising
Why pension?
A solid pension isn’t just a nice bonus for later in life — it’s the thing that lets you step away from the rat race comfortably. In your 20s and 30s it’s easy to feel invincible, but fast-forward a few decades and you’ll want options. Whether it’s retiring early,...
Saving tips for 2025
Whether you’re just getting started with saving or already building a little nest egg, there’s never a bad time to make your money work harder. Let’s run through a few easy, practical ways to save, and keep more of what you earn.
The gates are open!
⚔️ Welcome to Cash Castle The gates are finally up, the banners are flying, and the treasure chests are full - Cash Castle is officially live! We couldn’t be more excited to welcome you inside. After weeks of building, designing, and testing, our new home for free...
The best freebies
Competitions aside, there is an abundance of freebie websites that that let you take home great products all for free, without having to enter a draw. Many of these sites offer their products to the first 500 customers for instance and use the promo to build brand...
Getting Started
Many people enter competitions all across the UK, but don't win quickly and so end up giving up on the chances. However, someone has to win and the more competitions you enter, the more chances you have!Free competitions will always have many many entries, so the odds...
Vouchers and deals
The internet is full of discounts, vouchers and deals to be snapped up at all times. As always though, the best deals are not always easy to find and the ones you do find, don't always work. So here we are going to give you the full rundown on where to find the best...
Top Competition Listings
If you enjoy entering competitions, it's not always that easy to find the ones you want. So we thought we'd let you know the best sites to visit to find all the prize draws you can enter! It's always best to enter only competitions that you would want to win, this...
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