After another year of COVID-19, lockdowns, social distancing and mask wearing, you’d be forgiven for wanting to splash out this year to spoil the family with a Christmas to remember. But a big Christmas could mean spending more than your budget, or going into debt to pay for it all. Begin the new year without the dread of debt hanging over your head, with these top tips for saving money this Christmas.

Too often the scenario around many dinner tables goes something like this: everyone with a phone in one hand and a fork in the other, totally focused on screens, largely ignoring what’s going on around us. This Christmas, why not commit to doing a digital detox instead? Ditch the phone, ignore the emails, turn off the notifications, and discover how to reconnect with loved ones and create festive memories. Here are four ways to do just that.

Hard to believe it’s almost the end of 2021. As we begin to wind down for the year and head into the festive season, many of us are thinking about taking a holiday, spending time with family, and inevitably, eating too much! To kick off the festive frivolities, the Mortgage Express team would like to share a few of our go-to festive favourites: seasonal recipes that never disappoint.