279 | Interest rate at 1.75%, Santander's switching deal & Amazon Prime price hike

The biggest rise in 27 years saw the Bank of England hike the base rate to 1.75%. Will that mean faster changes for savers? Amazon is increasing prices by 20% next month - can, and should, you try to beat it? Santander has relaunched a £160 switching deal, and when combined with the 123 Lite current account could be worth even more. For links and further reading head to becleverwithyourcash.com/cashchats279 ABOUT CASH CHATS Cash Chats is presented by money blogger and broadcaster Andy Webb. The podcast has been featured as one of the top money podcasts by publications including Apple, Good Housekeeping, The Sun and the Independent. In 2021 and 2019 it was awarded Best Money Podcast at the SHOMOS - the UK Money Bloggers community annual awards, and runner-up in 2020. On each Cash Chats episode you can hear Andy share ways to get the most from your money. He's often joined for friendly and accessible conversations by a friend from the UK Money Blogger community to cover topics as diverse as freebies and investments. Andy also runs the award-winning website Be Clever With Your Cash, presented Channel 5's Shop Smart Save Money and founded the community ukmoneybloggers.com. To contact Andy email [email protected] ANDY ON SOCIAL Andy's handle is @AndyCleverCash and you can follow him over at: twitter.com/AndyCleverCash instagram.com/andyclevercash   youtube.com/andyclevercash   GET ANDY'S WEEKLY NEWSLETTER You'll also get a free Quidco bonus for signing up https://becleverwithyourcash.com/newsletter/ MUSIC The music is Easter Island by Lonely Punk and provided on a creative commons licence