Ways to save money in the UK
Coupons
Sites like http://www.voucherhub.com, http://www.retailmenot.com help in finding online voucher codes for discounts. You can also type in Google 'retailer name' coupon or discount. E.G typing in 'amazon coupon' into Google will bring up the coupon websites with valid discount coupons. Other keywords are: discount, voucher, coupon
Google Products and Check amazon
Before I buy anything online I check http://google.co.uk/products and http://amazon.co.uk Travel in the UK & London
If under 25 get the 16-25 young persons national rail card. http://www.16-25railcard.co.uk/
Along with discount rail tickets, if your in London an use a Pay as You Go Oyster card. Go to the ticket desk in the underground. And ask for your young persons rail card discounts to be applied to your PAYG Oyster Card. It'll bring down the daily cap prices. Student Discounts
Get an NUS extra card and ask before paying if a retailer has student discounts. http://www.nus.org.uk/en/nus-extra/
You can even try avoiding getting a NUS card by using your normal student card.
Cashback Websites
For example before you order something online from a UK retailer or get yourself a TV/phone/broadband package take a look at http://www.quidco.com/ or any other cash back website.
The way it works is that the retailer pays the company a fee like £60 for finding them a new customer. In return Quidco or these websites give you back something like £40 for signing up for broadband. It's a nice way to earn money on the things you was going to buy any way.
Money Savings Expert
A huge resource full of information and tips on deals http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/
Complain
If ever you deal with a large company or even a franchised one like Tesco, Sainsburys, Dominos Pizza, Pizza Hut, Subway. And if for some reason there was an issue with something you bought or the service. Drop an email to the corporate headquarters and they often setup a small budget for refunding or offering vouchers and free meals for customers that file complaints. These companies do not want to lose your loyalty. I've done this both with Dominos Pizza and Subway and gotten a free meal or pizza (I have a friend that worked for Tesco's and all he did was give out vouchers to people that complain about anything).
Cancel your account
So for stuff you usually pay monthly like your phone/mobile service and broadband. Go through the process of cancelling your account, companies usually have a budget for retention and trying to keep customers. So you can try to lower your existing bills that way and most likely they will offer you a better deal.
Though watch out as some times if a company doesn't have a retention program they will just cancel your account. But most big companies have a retention program. I know this from working at BE Broadband / O2.
Don't Spend
Pretty simple eh? Try not to impulse buy, save on the things you have to buy/
These are my tactics. @3en (on twitter) or ben@benmatthew.net
