Top Tips: 5 tips to save your cash

by Rosie Newhouse-Hill

Christmas has come to an end and it's January - your bank account is bruised and you’re trying to stick to a new year's resolution - well here is one we can help you with. Saving can be daunting and difficult to start but there are loads of small ways in which you can make your money add up, take a look and give it a go.

1) Any spare change you have floating around, put it in a pot. Those 5ps, 50ps and £1s will all add up after a while.

2) Find a savings account with good interest and schedule a strict amount of monthly money to go into it.

3) Write numbers 1-100 on separate post it notes and put them in a jar. Each week, pull out a post-it and put the amount you pull out into your savings account (cash or bank account).

4) Pick up odd jobs around your neighbourhood - babysitting, car washing, plant watering, dog walking, cat sitting - get your name out there and pocket that extra money into a savings account or your spare change pot.

5) Track your progress to keep you motivated.

Happy saving!