Selling books

You can sell your own books on Amazon, as well as Ebay.

Alternatively own a virtual bookstore via amazon.

http://greenmetropolis.com/
you get paid £3 for each book sold

http://www.lulu.com/ lets you sell your own printed or digital books.

Doing house invectories

You can possibly earn up to £250 a week, writing down details of what is in houses or flats etc.

Estate agents and landlords are the people to contact to offer this service.

Zazzle

At www.zazzle.co.uk, you can design your product(such as T-shirts and stationary) for yourself, you can also sell it on the zazzle marketplace and earn royalties.

Boosting your pension and retirement income

When choosing an annuity, go for the open market option.
SERPS,if still avaible.
Pension credit,if eligible,can be claimed.

Equity release schemes can boost retirement income.

Some benevolent assocations might give you an annuity.

I have had an interesting idea(but possibly impractical idea) of how to save for one's retirement.

Why not take some or all of my ideas in this blog and build up a residual income from my and other's ideas, so you can retire comfortably.
(Only problem is you may have to be younger than 40 to start)
(Mind you ,all these pension funds going down the pan,you might have no choice, but to try these ideas)

over 50s savings accounts
West Bromwich, Coventry and Ipswich Building society offer best rate

Deferring your state pension is a pension booster,for every 5 weeks you defer,your state pension entitlement increases by 1%,an annual return of over 10%.

What really makes money

This is a magazine by Nick laight which looks at possible business opporurnities.

Digital photography libraries and photo libraries

If you have a digital camera, maybe you could upload them to a digital photography library.

You may have to read about how to do it.

http://en..easyart.com/
http://uk.polylooks.com/

http://www.snapvillage.com/, you can earn a 30% royalties, illustrations can be sold as well.

http://www.bigstockphoto.com/
http://www.istockphoto.com/
http://www.photoboxgallery.com/

Writing articles on the internet

Writing abstracts and articles on the internet can provide a small income.

Websites;

Associatedcontent.com

demandstudios

Ehow.com

Helium.com

shvoong

simonseeks.com
writers of travel reviews etc will receive 50% of all commission from click-throughs to he boking sites.

Textbroker.com

Triond
publish original work
royalties can be paid into paypal account.

tripr.tv,travellers uploading videos can earn about £40 a year

wikinut.com
you earn 50% of any revenue

Film extras and film locations

They are agencies that might sign you on as a film extras.
You can earn between £50 and £200 a day.

http://www.extras.co.uk/
http://extra-people.com/ Midlands, England
http://www.filmextras.co.uk/
http://www.ex-isle.com/ Isle of Man
http://www.starnow.co.uk/
http://www.studioextras.co.uk/
http://www.tvfilmextras.co.uk/
http://www.universalextras.co.uk/ also covers Ireland/Eire

A list of agencies is on http://www.ukscreens.com/

warning,some agencies are charlatans in this sector


They are also places etc where you can put your house etc down as a film location.
£1,000 a day is possible
beachstudios.co.uk
lavishlocations.com
location-collective.co.uk

Become an driving school instructor

If you have a valid driving license, maybe you could train to be a driving school instructor.

You could earn up to £30,000 a year.

Become an affiliate or franchisee

Owning an affiliate website(Amazon,ebay etc) could earn you commission,(of course there is no guarantee of sufficient income).

I have put an amazon afiliate link on one of my blog.

Franchise can also be an opportunity.

Making a success of these may be a bit difficult.

Benefits

http://entitledto.co.uk

Enter some details and you might find some benefits or tax credits you might be entitled to.

Setyourrate.com

This website, I believe allows you to set a rate for any work you want to do, whether you are a plumber, electrician or perhaps a teacher etc etc

Making money from blogging.

A blog can be monetized with adsense or other advertising.
(You are not allowed,however to click on any ads that are on the blogs.)

You receive a cheque two months after it reaches $100/£60.

The blog(s) may have to be of a high quality to really make money.

Businesses can also benefit from starting a blog because you can gain customers or possibly a vital contract.

Blogvertiser and other services can arrange for you to be paid for giving reviews of businesses.

http://www.sprinklepenny.com,if/ a blog or website owner,you can sign up to boost your income from your blog or website.

http://flattr.com/beta is similiar

Links that help boost your income

My links section might help you boost your income with money saving tips.

Another link might help business with contracts and tenders.

School of Everything

Maybe if you have some skill(s) like knowledge of Linux, website design or flower arranging etc etc, you could boost your income by teaching others things people are interested in by registering at the School of Everything or a similiar website.

Set your own rate(hourly?).

Alternatively, why not learn a skill from the above to boost your income.