{"id":273,"date":"2018-03-22T14:43:11","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T14:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/?p=273"},"modified":"2022-08-02T12:58:55","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T11:58:55","slug":"three-money-saving-tips-for-apprentices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/2018\/03\/22\/three-money-saving-tips-for-apprentices\/","title":{"rendered":"Three money-saving tips for apprentices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Apprentice discount card by NUS <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cards.nusextra.co.uk\/affiliate\/APPppc10?utm_source=bing&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=Branded%20Search%20-%20SKAG&amp;utm_term=apprentice%20extra&amp;utm_content=04.%20apprentice%20extra\">NUS Apprentice Extra<\/a> provides discounts in-store and online at various brands, at the cost of \u00a311 for 12 months.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-274 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/files\/2018\/03\/student-life-discount-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/files\/2018\/03\/student-life-discount.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/files\/2018\/03\/student-life-discount-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/files\/2018\/03\/student-life-discount-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Discounts vary from food, fashion, travel and entertainment. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apprenticeextra.co.uk\">Apprenticeship Extra<\/a> to see how NUS Apprentice extra have got you covered and to apply.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><strong>\u2018Student\u2019 bank accounts for Apprentices<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Recently HSBC became the first bank to offer its student account to higher and degree level apprentices. This means that apprentices are now able to receive equivalent benefits as undergraduates would with a student bank account.<\/p>\n<p>Current benefits that come with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsbc.co.uk\/1\/2\/current-accounts\/student-bank-account\">HSBC\u2019s Student bank account for Apprentices<\/a> includes the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Free Amazon Prime Student for one year<\/li>\n<li>Interest-free tiered overdraft<\/li>\n<li>Plus a \u00a360 Amazon.co.uk gift card when you sign up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-275 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/files\/2018\/03\/student-life-banking-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/files\/2018\/03\/student-life-banking-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/files\/2018\/03\/student-life-banking-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/files\/2018\/03\/student-life-banking-2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To find out more and for information on how to apply visit \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsbc.co.uk\/1\/2\/current-accounts\/student-bank-account\">https:\/\/www.hsbc.co.uk\/1\/2\/current-accounts\/student-bank-account<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><strong>Council Tax exemption or reduction<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>As an apprentice you could be eligible for Council Tax Exemption. Council Tax applies to properties but there are some exemptions depending on who lives there. Whilst not all apprentices will be eligible it\u2019s worth checking if you meet the criteria to save money on your bills.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-278 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/files\/2018\/03\/student-life-council-tax-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/files\/2018\/03\/student-life-council-tax.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/files\/2018\/03\/student-life-council-tax-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/files\/2018\/03\/student-life-council-tax-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>See the full list and terms here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/council-tax\/who-has-to-pay\">https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/council-tax\/who-has-to-pay<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>*Information on deals was checked and correct at the time of writing 02\/08\/2022<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Apprentice discount card by NUS NUS Apprentice Extra provides discounts in-store and online at various brands, at the cost of \u00a311 for 12 months. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/2018\/03\/22\/three-money-saving-tips-for-apprentices\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40787,"featured_media":277,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[178782],"tags":[19158,165080,178759,1453,188646,178795,178818,206176,102],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40787"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":754,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273\/revisions\/754"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/chda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}