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• House of Fraser axes stores and 6,000 staff

  23-06-2018 16:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  CREDITORS yesterday backed plans to close more than half of House of Fraser’s department stores with the loss of up to 6,000 jobs.
  
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• Bitcoin price CRASH: BTC falls 'nine percent' to LOWEST LEVEL in months

  23-06-2018 09:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE BITCOIN price tumbled by roughly nine percent after the cryptocurrency suffered another major blow with the recent attacks on South Korean exchanges Bithumb and CoinRail, two of South Asia’s biggest exchanges.
  
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• Where to move for... eco-living

  23-06-2018 09:00
  ‘Sustainability’ and ‘environmental’ are slippery terms but there are some places that are much greener than othersThe way towns trumpet their green credentials, you’d think we were already living in Paradise-by-Way-Of-Caroline-Lucas. (We’re not.) It’s tricky, though, to sort greenwash from the truly green. Voting behaviour? Lucas is the UK’s only Green party MP, for Brighton Pavilion ward. But in May’s local elections, a total of 39 Green co
  
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• Switch energy providers now to escape price rises

  23-06-2018 08:00
  With E.ON increasing its bills again, shopping around could save hundreds of poundsAs Britain heads into a heatwave next week, the last thing on your mind might be your gas bills. But experts say the message to millions of standard tariff customers is that now is the time to switch suppliers to beat recent price hikes.This week, E.ON became the last of the big six energy companies to hike its prices, blaming higher wholesale costs for its latest 4.8% increase. It follows a raft of price rises fr
  
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• Is it worth buying expensive sun cream?

  23-06-2018 08:00
  My partner insists on buying products that cost more than £4o, while I prefer own brandEvery week a Guardian Money reader submits a question, and it’s up to you to help him or her out – a selection of the best answers will appear in next Saturday’s paper.Help end a family dispute. My partner insists on spending a fortune on expensive Ultrasun suncream. I’m quite content with Lidl own brand, which I think does just as good a job, for me and the kids – if I can
  
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• In 2010 we stopped getting any older. The implications are huge

  23-06-2018 08:00
  Maybe we should be thinking about cancelling increases in the state pension age, not raising itThe most profound change to human life over the previous 100 years came to a halt in 2010. In the decades before it, life expectancy in Britain kept rising, with men, in particular, born in the 1920s and 1930s enjoying far longer and healthier lives than ever expected.This increase in lifespan has affected everything – from housing to health to pensions. It’s why we need to find ever greate
  
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• ‘I don’t need things. I have two suitcases with everything in’

  23-06-2018 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Tristan Verran aka performer Tommy Poppers says he is ‘poor’ but is happy on £12,000-£14,000 a year. This is how he manages
  I lead a very different life now to that of my 20s and 30s, when I used to run bars and club nights and I over-consumed. Sex, parties, drugs, alcohol and cigarettes – you name it, I exhausted it all. I must have spent about £100 a week on cigarettes alone.Everything changed after I was seriously assaulted and ended up in hospital. That wa
  
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• ‘I don’t need things. A very strong part of my philosophy is to lead a minimal life. I have two suitcases with everything in’

  23-06-2018 08:00
  Tristan Verran aka performer Tommy Poppers says he is ‘poor’ but is happy on £12,000-£14,000 a year. This is how he manages
  I lead a very different life now to that of my 20s and 30s, when I used to run bars and club nights and I over-consumed. Sex, parties, drugs, alcohol and cigarettes – you name it, I exhausted it all. I must have spent about £100 a week on cigarettes alone.Everything changed after I was seriously assaulted and ended up in hospital. That wa
  
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• Holiday money: how to find the best cards and currency rates

  23-06-2018 08:00
  Our guide on avoiding bank charges and making your cash go further this summerPicking the wrong plastic to use while on holiday abroad this summer could prove a costly mistake, but the good news is that there are a growing number of fee-free debit and credit cards available.App-based banks such as Monzo, Starling and Tandem are providing an alternative to the excessive charges often imposed by the big banks when you use their cards for purchases and withdrawing money overseas. Meanwhile, some es
  
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• Are some landlords bending energy efficiency rules?

  23-06-2018 08:00
  Renting out properties with bad insulation and heating has been prohibited since AprilAre some landlords and agents fiddling new rules that ban them from letting out properties that are poorly insulated and inefficiently heated?Since the start of April, landlords have been prohibited from renting out “sub-standard” houses and flats, which, in this context, means those that don’t meet minimum energy-efficiency requirements. Continue reading...
  
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• Tout rout: stars come out to close down ticket resellers

  23-06-2018 00:36
  Acts such as Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran are trying to ensure fans pay only face value to see themRecent UK headlines paint a picture of chaos in the world of major pop concerts: fans of Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, the Rolling Stones, Beyoncé and Jay-Z, and Justin Timberlake angered by invalid tickets, last-minute seat swaps leading to impaired views, unexplained show cancellations and paying hefty prices upfront only to see tickets being given away free in the car park. But industry expert
  
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