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For those who celebrate, I hope that you are now into the swing of Christmas and for those that have a break over Christmas there is not much longer to go!

Not caught up on my previous emails? You might have missed a golden opportunity from the last few weeks - tap the link below to view them!

£10 Voucher for Santander Saver

This offer is through VoucherSent but should work nonetheless; and it’s one I have also tried to do so fingers crossed it works for us all!

Open a Santander savings account, deposit £100 and hold the £100 in the account until 31 January 2026 and you will get a £10 Amazon voucher by 7 April 2026

The below link will take you to the registration page for their 2% Easy Access account but if you want a link for other accounts let me know!

O2 Prize Matcher “Not Just Socks”

If you are with O2, check your Priority app for the chance to win every day up until 14 December 2025, prizes include:

• 10 once-in-a-lifetime holidays with lastminute.com

• 100s of Virgin Experience Days vouchers

• 35,000+ pairs of Vue cinema tickets

Check your O2 Priority App to be in with a chance to win!

John Lewis “Treats of Christmas”

John Lewis are also running daily giveaways up to 12 December 2025 for their MyJohnLewis members, simply head to the John Lewis app and unlock a reward every day, prizes so far have included:

• Free Chococo chocolate Santa

• Free cake when you buy a drink in their café

• Competitions

• Discounts

Nectar Advent

Nectar are also running a 12 days of Christmas event in the Nectar app through to 15 December 2025, with the chance to win points or prizes every day

Check your Nectar app to be in with a chance to win!

Lidl Advent Calendar

Lidl are actually running 24 Days of Offers on their Lidl Plus app with freebies including money-off coupons or treats every day

Check out your Lidl Plus app to be in with a chance to win!

Lindt 12 Days of Christmas

If you are near a Lindt store, firstly lucky you, but secondly you can get free prizes for the first 12 days of December via a free MyLindt Rewards account

Currys 12 Days of Techmas

Not sure that the word “Techmas” has the ring to it that they were thinking, but Currys are offering a chance to win prizes over the first 12 days of December on their website

INSTANT £5

Cheddar is a cashback app that pays you cashback when you buy a gift voucher for the UK’s largest shops (incl. all major supermarkets)

Download the Cheddar app, enter my code “ENGINE3” and buy a gift card (you’ll earn cashback) and you’ll get £5 into your account instantly which can be withdrawn alongside your cashback, you can then use your gift card in-store

If you are shopping ANYWHERE this Christmas, this is the quickest £5 you’ll make just for spending 2 minutes downloading an app and using a gift card to pay towards a grocery shop, etc.

Get a Share of $50,000 with Robinhood

Robinhood is one of the largest investing apps in the US and launched in the UK nearly 2 years ago. They always have a new customer offer on which gives you a free share worth between $7 - $175 when you sign up through a referral link!

However, to drum up more interest they are also offering anyone who signs up by 31 December 2025 a piece of their $50,000 bonus on top

They last ran this offer in the Summer and each person received $19.87 as their share of the $50,000 bonus. This is obviously no guarantee of how many people will sign up this time around but is a good idea as to how it went last time!

So if you haven’t got a Robinhood account yet, now could be the time to test it out - it’s worth noting that you only need to deposit £1 and your free share can be withdrawn after 30 days and your share of the $50k can be withdrawn once received (1 Jan onwards)

£50 Bonus from Webull

Webull is a global investing app similar to Trading 212 / Robinhood and they are offering new customers £50 when they deposit £100 for 30 days

There is no need to invest this £100 and if you do this over this coming weekend, you should have your £100 + your £50 bonus in your bank before Christmas!

Trading 212 - Free Share up to £100

Trading 212 is one of Europe’s leading investing apps that charges no commission and allows you to invest from as little as £1, making investing accessible for all

I have used Trading 212 for 5+ years and whether you are new to investing, want to test out Trading 212 or just fancy a free share, here’s how you can get up to £100 in time for Christmas!

1. Sign up to Trading 212 via my referral link / code

2. Open an investment or ISA account

3. Deposit £1 or more

4. You will receive a free share worth up to £100

5. After 30 days you can withdraw the value of the free share if you wish

6. You could sell it immediately and re-invest the funds or hold them as cash whilst you wait for the 30 day window as well

Free £10 - £50 from Monzo for New Customers

You will likely have heard of Monzo unless you have been living under a rock for the past few years, and if you haven’t yet been tempted by the “hot coral” bank card or their big billboard adverts, now might be a good time

New customers can get either £10, £20, or £50 when they open a bank account through a referral link (including mine) and make one transaction

There should be no credit check if you opt for no overdraft

£25 Cashback from Rakuten

Rakuten is a cashback site that is slowly growing in the UK at the moment and for new customers, they have boosted their cashback offer!

Sign up through my referral link and spend £60+ through any of their retailers within 90 days and you will earn a £25 bonus on top of any other cashback!

FREE Sharing Crisps for Sky Customers

Sky have been releasing weekly gifts for their Sky VIP customers (simply download the MySky app and you’ll get access)

These gifts have been pretty good so far and have all been at Sainsbury’s superstores - it’s worth checking these out as some can be pretty good!

1. FREE Sainsbury’s Taste The Difference pizza

2. FREE Sainsbury’s Taste The Difference ice lollies

3. FREE Love Corn corn snack (didn’t get)

4. FREE Sainsbury’s Taste The Difference sharing crisps

5. FREE Whitworths Wondermix nuts (didn’t get)

6. FREE Sainsbury’s Taste The Difference pizza

7. FREE Sainsbury’s Taste The Difference ice cream

8. FREE Sainsbury’s Taste The Difference cheese twists

9. FREE Tony’s Chocolonely chocolate bar (90 grams)

10. FREE Love Corn corn snack (didn’t get)

11. FREE Sainsbury’s Taste The Difference pizza

12. FREE Sainsbury’s Taste The Difference muffins

13. FREE Sainsbury’s Taste The Difference cheese twists

14. FREE Sainsbury’s Taste The Difference ice lollies

15. FREE Love Corn corn snack (didn’t get)

16. FREE Sainsbury’s Taste The Difference cookies

17. FREE Sainsbury’s Taste The Difference pizza

18. FREE Sainsbury’s Taste The Difference sharing crisps

19. FREE Sainsbury’s Taste The Difference pizza

20. FREE Love Corn corn snack (didn’t get)

21. FREE Sainsbury’s Taste The Difference Mini Yule Logs

This week you can get a FREE sharing bag of crisps - this does not work at small high street stores and there were technical issues yesterday!

You only get 60 minutes to scan the barcode from activating it so don’t activate too early and assume you’ll need help from a colleague as they can be temperamental to scan yourselves! I would recommend heading to a self-scan till rather than a scan as you shop till as the barcode readers are more receptive of the moving barcodes!

Not a Sky customer? If you’re thinking about joining Sky, you can get a bonus if you sign up through a referral link. Message me for mine!

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