SOHAIL HASHAMI, Author at Money Moves Now

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How to Save Money on Food Shopping in the UK — I Cut My Weekly Shop by £45

My weekly food shop crept up to £95 per week without me really noticing. £95. For one person. I didn't even eat that well. I was buying branded products out…

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UK Finance

How to Improve Your Credit Score in the UK Fast — What Moved My Score 90 Points

I wanted a mortgage. The advisor checked my credit score, made a face I'll never forget, and said 'let's talk about what we can do to improve this first'. Not…

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Side Hustles

How to Make Extra Money in the UK From Home — 20 Ideas That Aren’t Rubbish

If I had a pound for every time I've read a 'make money from home UK' article and found it full of American side hustles that don't work here —…

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UK Finance

ISA vs Savings Account UK — The Question That Cost My Friend £800 a Year

A friend of mine — sensible person, not financially reckless at all — had £35,000 in savings sitting in a regular easy-access savings account. She thought she was doing everything…

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Debt Payoff

How to Get Out of Debt on a Low Income — What I Learned From Doing It the Hard Way

I want to start this one by saying something important: most debt advice is written for people who just need to reorganize their finances. This article is for people who…

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Debt Payoff

Debt Snowball vs Debt Avalanche — I Tried Both. Here’s Which One Actually Won

I'm going to settle this debate properly — not with theory, but with what actually happened when I tried both methods myself. I started with the debt avalanche. It's mathematically…

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Budgeting

Best Free Budgeting Apps in 2025 — I Used 7 of Them So You Only Have to Use One

I have downloaded and deleted more budgeting apps than I care to admit. Some lasted a week. One lasted four days before I deleted it purely out of spite. One…

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Budgeting

How to Budget When You Live Paycheck to Paycheck — I Was There Too, Here’s What Actually Helped

For two years I lived paycheck to paycheck. Not because I had a low income. I earned a reasonable salary. Enough that I should have been fine. But the money…

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Make Money Online

Passive Income Ideas for Beginners — What’s Actually Passive and What’s Just Marketing

The phrase 'passive income' has been marketed so aggressively that it now means almost nothing. I've seen people call driving for Uber passive income. I've seen 40-hours-a-week dropshipping businesses described…

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Make Money Online

How to Make Money Online With No Experience — My First Dollar Took 3 Weeks, My Second Took 3 Days

My first dollar online took three weeks to earn. I'm not saying that to be discouraging. I'm saying it so you know what you're actually signing up for when you…

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