Sunday 4 April 2010

Earning Additional Income in UK

Additonal Income Sources in th UK

If you are in the UK and your partner / souse is employed in the UK and want to earn extra income while at home, there are various avenues that are available to you to earn from the comfort of your home or work flexi hours out of your home as well.

One of the prime reasons why people move to the UK is the fact it has enormous opportunities who want to work and earn and do something with their lives. This can be established from UK employment rate, which stands at a very healthy 90-95%. Better than the US. Recession did have an impact and the employment rate go down by 2-5%.

1) You can look up the local departmental store and see if they can offer you a job in the store, as a till person or a support staff. They usuall pay 6-10GBP an hour. Check out Sainsbury's , ASDA, Morrisons', TESCO, Waitrose, Farmfoods, Budgens, LIDL, LONDIS etc.

2) You can also do some ironing or laundry service.

3) You can advertise for doing some tailring work, where you can mend people's clothes or alter them for them. You can charge anywhere between GBP7 to GBP20 for altering men's trousers. You can easily earn GBP 15 to GBP50 for altering women's dresses. If it is a wedding dress you can charge as much as GBP70-110 per dress/gown.

4) If you like Henna, there is a dearth of good henna applier, especially during the marriage seasons during July-October. Where you can charge as much as GBP25-GBP70 per hour. This is one such activity which you can do sitting at home or if you are pregnant. Britisers love tatto and henna is a ecofriendly and safe alternate to the chemical tattos, which is hard to remove and painful.

Check : http://mehndinuk.blogspot.com/
5) Surveys: Participate in research surveys or online surveys. Physical surveys can offer as much as £50 for 2-3 hours where you may be needed to answer questions or review a product. Check out www.gumtree.com, which happens to be one of the most reliable and free advertisement medium for UK.

6) Cashback Websites: Most of the websites offer cashback for shopping online each time you shop, which otherwise you won't if you had visited a high street shop. e.g. Quidco

7) Tesco Vouchers: When you spend in Tesco you earn double points.  A £ spent earns you 2 points, in addition to that you can save on by re-using the Tesco, 'green' carrier bags ( which earns you a point). The points are redeemed and Tesco sends you money off vouchers in lieu, every 3 months, once you cross 1000 points. These vouches can then be used in Tesco to buy your usual groceries.

A move ticket can cost anywhere between £5 to £10, you can get redeem your Tesco vouchers for movie tickets, valid on all days and for all shows across cinemas in the UK. This you can get for as little as for a £3 voucher. ( That's a cool saving of £7 , if you plan to see a movie after 5PM or on a weekend in Cineworld cinemas)

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