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Stuck in a rut and looking for (any) ideas!
Hi, I’m feeling really stuck in my current situation and trying to ‘mind map’ a way out of it so would welcome any ideas to help please?! I’m in my mid-thirties, have been a stay at home mum and carer for my grandmother for the past three years. My children are all now at school but one struggles a lot and cannot currently…
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Virtual Call Centres - Reputable Agencies
Hi All, Can anyone recommend any reputable virtual call centre companies to work for in the UK? TIA
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Boosting income whilst on Maternity Allowance?
I know that the answer is in these forums somewhere (or the gov site but I can't find it there either!) but I cannot find it! I'm self employed and pregnant. I plan to go on Maternity in February and I'm eligible for Maternity Allowance. What I'm trying to work out is both whether I'm allowed to start working on a new…
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Opinion World - Earn POINTS for EVERY survey you complete!
I don't know if i've posted this in the right place. I am having trouble getting paid with Opinion World. I had my 1st £10 in July, paid into my PayPal account. I've got another £10 this month and when I try to claim it I keep getting an error message. I emailed them asking for help. They said they have changed their…
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Whatusersdo
Hi I just started testing websites at a website called whatusersdo seems kosha as I've already been paid. Anyone know else done testing with them? Fred
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Bingo
I know bingo is a gamble, but anyone make decent money out of it?
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Has anyone tried Genie?
I have a lot of old clothes to sell and I've ordered a sack from Genie as they're offering 50p per kilo. Has anyone used Genie and are they ok? I tried Clothes for Cash but never received a sack or any response to my support tickets. I got several emails telling me to send the sack back though. Difficult when I didn't get…
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Selling belongings?
I've decided to put this into the Boost Your Income bit as I suppose that's what I'll be doing but basically... I've decided to sell pretty much everything I own. I've done some googling about this but wondering if anyone has any first hand experience on what to sell where? For example do you find you get more for…
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Calculating a Freelance Day rate from PAYE
If love some assistance with this conundrum! Just set up a Limited Company, 2 directors shareholders. Leaving a paye position paying £55000 Gross. 33 days paid annual leave (inc. 8 bank hols) and 5k p.a paid travel expenses. Standard Nest Pension rates. How do I go about calculating what the equivalent DAY rate is that I…
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Paid Focus Groups/Market Research
Hi everyone! I'm looking for opinions on paid focus groups/market research. There are so many websites but I can't seem to work out who to trust! If anyone has any recommendations on those that are worth signing up to, and those to avoid, that would be great!
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Make Money Online - discuss the MSE guide
This is the discussion thread for the Make Money Online guide. Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. If you aren’t sure how it all works, read our New to Forum? Intro Guide.
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Casual work options
My company are operating in the shadow of uncertainty (merger, possible redundancies) and I've been wondering how best to think/plan ahead. I would have a decent redundancy package but may struggle to find related jobs quickly. I was wondering what sort of casual work is there that could stretch redundancy pay without…
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Quit or get fired?
I’m about to go through some training then progress onto a new job due to being sick of the place I’m currently working at, but this new job I’m going to do will ask me to start as soon as I can but my notice period is 4 weeks, they need staff ASAP and it’s a career I’ve wanted to do for years, wages are a lot better than…
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Recycling ink cartridges for Clubcard points
Hi, I'm new to the forums and after a bit of advice. I have recently purchased a few empty ink cartridges off eBay to recycle for Tesco points (I know it's a consumer service) I only have a few of these but the seller listed them as standard cartridges - turns out they are "starter" cartridges that come with new printers.…
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Pet or plant-sitting... official MoneySavingExpert.com discussion
This is a special discussion as part of the Boost Your Income article, all about Pet or plant-sitting which is part of the Work, work, work section Please feel free to add your comments, suggestions or questions Just click reply
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Do too many employers destroy my tax payments?
I'm a stay at home Mum of one. (Originally a teacher until the start of this year.) To keep myself busy and help overpay the mortgage I've taken on a number of part time jobs around the time that I am solely responsible for my son. My main job is working nights in a supermarket at the weekends. I also mark coursework for…
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Christmas Gift Baskets
With Christmas looming I am thinking of starting a little side hustle of Christmas Gift baskets. I was wondering if anyone had tried this and whether it had been successful. Also does anyone know if there are any rules/ laws about putting in things like chocolate or coffee. I am assuming as I am not producing the food I…
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Advert Money Challenge - Earn £200 Before Christmas
Another challenge, similar to the Lent challenge, but I've given myself a bit more time. I do have some Greatcontent money due and I do some gardening and a small bit of writing so I think I can manage this but to it's worthwhile to go over the amount so maybe a well paid magazine gig? I can but try.
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Delivering local free newspaper
How much are you paid on average to deliver the free weekly newspaper these days if your area has one? I know my area has rounds available all with around 200-250 papers per round. Trying to work out if it will be worth doing one for some extra money. I did local free paper delivery when I was in high school going on for…
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Is respondent.io a scam?
I came across this online panel based survey on Google and I can't find any creditable reviews for it. I've signed up and been invited to an online panel next week, 45 minutes for $85 Is it too good to be true?!
