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Your Ultimate Guide to Police Auctions

Where to buy stolen goods — legally.

Reading time: 6 minutes

Written by: Howden Insurance

Published on: 3 May 2023

Can you still add value to your home? - A-Plan Insurance

Cost of Living, General Interest, Home Related

House prices 2023: Can you still add value to your home?

UK house prices are dipping, so is it still worth installing that new kitchen or building that extension?

Reading time: 6 minutes

Written by: Catherine Grayson

Published on: 21 April 2023

Cost-of-dying - A-Plan Insurance

Cost of Living, Life Related

Has the cost-of-living affected the cost of a funeral?

A comprehensive overview that may surprise you, courtesy of our friends at SunLife.

Reading time: 4 minutes

Written by: Catherine Grayson

Published on: 23 March 2023

A-Plan's Lightbulb Scheme

Cost of Living, General Interest

We’ve had a lightbulb moment.

Is the cost of living ‘lumen’ over you? A-Plan’s bright idea to save almost £400,000 on energy bills this year.

Reading time: 5 minutes

Written by: Catherine Grayson

Published on: 28 February 2023

Air Fryers - A-Plan Insurance

Cost of Living, General Interest

Should I buy an air fryer?

Air fryers are topping the list for households finding cheaper alternatives to using a traditional oven. But are they worth the hype?

Reading time: 6 minutes

Written by: Claire Gardner

Published on: 25 January 2023

Energy questions answered - A-Plan Insurance

Cost of Living, General Interest

The 8 most popular energy crisis questions answered!

By pooling together a number of reputable resources, we answer some of the most searched for questions about the energy crisis.

Reading time: 5 minutes

Written by: Catherine Grayson

Published on: 24 January 2023

Things to do for free in winter - A-Plan Insurance

Cost of Living, General Interest

Things to do for free this winter

Don’t let the cost-of-living crisis or cold weather dampen your fun! Here are some free, and cheap, things to get you out and about this winter.

Reading time: 6 minutes

Written by: Catherine Grayson

Published on: 28 December 2022

Food Donation Station - A-Plan Insurance

Branch Activity, Cost of Living, General Interest

Food bank crisis – let’s work together!

We need your help to support the Trussell Trust’s food bank crisis campaign this winter.

Reading time: 5 minutes

Written by: Catherine Grayson

Published on: 29 November 2022

Mobile phone rip off? - A-Plan Insurance

Cost of Living, General Interest

The great mobile phone contract rip off?

As part of our inflation-buster series, this month we’re exploring mobile phones, contracts, SIM-only, extras and everything in between.

Reading time: 8 minutes

Written by: Catherine Grayson

Published on: 29 June 2022

Inflation busters - A-Plan Insurance

Cost of Living, General Interest

Cost of living: our Top 5 inflation busters!

When the cost of living goes up, for some of us, what we spend on other things needs to come down. Here are some of our team’s favourite inflation-busters!

Reading time: 6 minutes

Written by: Catherine Grayson

Published on: 21 February 2022

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