The cost of living just goes up and up with everything from rent, food, and utilities ever increasing. It seems there’s always another bill looming, and they’re getting bigger. If managing the cost of living is becoming too much of a challenge, there is help available through our partners in the Worker’s Rewards Scheme.
Your credit rating is a big part of everyday life, affecting everything from mobile phone contracts to personal loans. Find out about your credit rating with a free-for-life account with Credit Karma, a credit scoring service that provides tailored advice to improve your credit score. Using information from all main banks and credit lenders, Credit Karma can also help you find some of the best credit cards and loans to fit your profile. Your credit score is refreshed weekly so that you can keep track of your financial information.
Need some advice on managing your money or your pension? MoneyHelper is a government-backed service where you can get free, confidential, and impartial advice and guidance online, over the phone or face-to-face on taking control of debt, budgeting, and managing money. And if you need more support, MoneyHelper can point you to trusted services. Other areas MoneyHelper offers help and advice on include:
- Work, pensions, and retirement
- Births, deaths, and family
- Insurance
- Care and Disability
- Cars and travel
Specific to debt management, PayPlan offers free, confidential, expert debt advice online or over the phone. You, your friends, and your family can get advice on becoming debt-free, protecting your family and home, reducing the stress of creditor contact and providing tailored debt solutions to reduce your money worries. They can take you through various options, including Individual Voluntary Arrangements (IVAs), Debt Management Plans (DMPs), Trust Deeds and Bankruptcy.
Do you go abroad often? Get no commission travel money delivered to your door with pirkxfx, a foreign currency purchasing service. They also offer a reloadable currency card that can be used like a usual debit card wherever Mastercard is accepted and locks in award-winning exchange rates. You can also get a free consultation with a professional foreign exchange London dealer for assistance with sending and receiving funds, for example, if you’re buying or selling products or services overseas.
Think you might be owed a tax refund? Sign up with TAX refund Co! they will conduct a thorough review for free to see if you’re owed. If you are, they guarantee if you don’t get all the money back, they will pay you themselves. They also guarantee that if you get an unexpected tax demand because of their enquiries, they’ll pay it for you.
When did you last check your gas and electricity bills to see what you’re paying? With the Worker’s Rewards Scheme, you can sign up to Switchd, an automated system that monitors the energy market daily and, when they find a cheaper tariff, switches you on to it, allowing you to stay ahead of energy companies and their overpriced plans!
On top of this, our Worker’s Rewards Scheme offers savings, cashback, and discounts on essentials like food shop and petrol, everyday treats like coffee, as well as life’s luxuries such as eating out, theme parks, holidays, car hire, electricals, fashion, and fitness. All our temporary workers are eligible to sign up for the Worker’s Rewards Scheme and enjoy benefits that most companies and agencies only offer to permanent staff members. That’s the ASL difference.
ASL Recruitment was established in 1999 and has served Hastings and the surrounding area ever since, placing temporary and permanent roles across various sectors, including Industrial and Manufacturing, Legal, Finance, Marketing, Technology and Office Support, from junior to board level. Our co-founder and Managing Director, Jason Perry , is an HR specialist and a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
