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'I suspected I was overpaying but didn’t realise how much'

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For Jackson, a 32-year-old training co-ordinator from Nuneaton, the hassle of hunting for decent deals on his household bills meant that he kept putting it off. Nous saved him £468 on his mobile bill alone.
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'I definitely didn’t realise I could save so much money'

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For Lindsay, a 39-year-old civil servant from London, the pressure of tackling her bills all at once meant she kept putting it off. Nous saved her a total of £636 on her energy, mobile and broadband after switching her to fair deals.
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'I didn't have a clue a was paying more than I needed to'

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Lara – who’s 32 and lives in London – admitted she “paid no attention” to her bills. When she joined Nous, she didn’t realise she was paying more than she needed to, until we saved her £200 a year on her broadband.
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'Not having to search for deals makes a big difference – and the savings are a huge help too'

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Diana, 48, lives in London with her teenage daughter and works as a housing operations manager. Nous saved her more than £300 on her energy bills after she joined through her employer, Notting Hill Genesis.
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It’s like having your own personal assistant who can look after your bills for you

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James didn't want to spend hours of his free time researching the best offers and providers – and thanks to Nous he no longer needs to. He saved hours (& over £800) when Nous switched his energy and broadband.
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What I learned about the cost-of-living crisis today from speaking to LBC listeners

Greg Marsh
I got a front row seat on the issues facing UK households when I joined Nick Ferrari on his LBC breakfast show. And while each caller’s situation is unique, a few themes emerged.
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The ‘perkcession’ – and why so many workplace perks don’t actually work

Jon Rudoe
The age of ping-pong tables may be coming to an end. Employers are becoming less interested in 'fun' workplace perks, and are focusing instead on measures that make their team genuinely better off.
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The UK’s mortgage timebomb is driving a new phase of the cost-of-living crisis

Greg Marsh
The Bank of England's decision to raise interest rates to 5.25% will strike fear into the hearts of millions of households whose fixed-rate deals are due to come to an end in the coming year.
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The Spring Budget might have divided Brits, but it made the Nous team stronger than ever

Bekki May
Last week, while Jeremy Hunt was announcing the details of his Spring Budget, we were busy figuring out what it all meant for UK households.
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The £100bn tax grab concealed in Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget

Greg Marsh
The Budget giveaways were not what they seem: the Chancellor’s stealth taxes could add £30bn a year to the Treasury’s coffers by 2027-28 years as earners are dragged into higher tax brackets.
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Can you afford the increasing costs of parenthood?

Greg Marsh
The cost-of-living crisis is exacerbating Britain’s falling birth rate. But with the estimated cost of raising a child to 18 now £160K for a couple, is it surprising that people are choosing to have fewer kids? Greg explores.
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It doesn’t pay to be single in a cost-of-living crisis

Greg Marsh
Everyone knows it's more expensive to live alone. But in the midst of the cost-of-living crisis, single people are being put under huge financial pressure. Greg crunches the numbers to show the real price you pay for being single.
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Why it’s time for telecoms companies to take a hike

Greg Marsh
Millions of people will pay more for their mobile contracts this year, as big-name providers proceed with mid-contract inflationary price hikes. Use our new tool to find out if your provider is hiking prices and how much it’s going to cost you.
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The unfair burden on the fairer sex: why the cost-of-living crisis is hurting more than just women’s wallets

Lydia Howland
Lydia shares new research from Nous that finds the cost-of-living crisis is disproportionately affecting women – impacting their wealth and health.
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Taking a closer look at falling house prices

Greg Marsh
With mortgage rates up, affordability tests tightening and commentators acknowledging that house prices are likely to fall next year, Greg asks if 2023 is the year that first-time buyers have been waiting for
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The fixed rate mortgage dilemma – should you stick or twist?

Jon Rudoe
With interest rates rising, many households on a fixed rate mortgage are considering whether to remortgage now or wait until their fixed term ends. Jon explains how our new refix calculator can help.
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Nous teams up with The Sun to battle Big Broadband

Greg Marsh
4.2m million UK households on government benefits could save hundreds a year by moving to social tariffs for their broadband. But only 1.3% of them have taken advantage. Today we launched our campaign with The Sun to help fix this.
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Will Ofgem’s latest proposed changes to the energy market actually be good for customers?

Jon Rudoe
Ofgem's proposed energy market changes would make suppliers that gained customers pay a punitive fee back to suppliers that lost them - would this really be good for customers?
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The growing cost of being an ostrich

Lydia Howland
As the CPI confirms inflation has hit 7% and could reach as much as 10% in the months ahead, Lydia wonders why our research reveals so many households are still sticking their heads in the sand, and underestimating the impact of the cost-of-living timebomb.
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Water bills: I haven’t heard much about them, should I be worried?

Glen Walker
With much of the recent talk about utilities focussed on the astronomical increases in energy prices, we thought it was worth taking a few minutes to discuss the oft-forgotten water bill.
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What the Spring Statement means for households

Jon Rudoe
Jon explains what the Chancellor’s statement today means for households, and how the help handed out by the Chancellor compares to the pressures facing households from the current cost of living crisis.
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Experimenting towards success

Glen Walker
We have a clear vision of what we want to build; a service that makes the lives of millions of customers simpler and fairer. Why are we focussing on experimentation rather than just building the service as fast as possible?
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