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• Your money in 2019: what to look out for in the year ahead

  29-12-2018 09:30 via theguardian.com
  Uncertainty over Brexit dominates the landscape – but there will be more predictable changes, such as rail fare risesWe will soon be waving goodbye to a turbulent 2018 and saying hello to a 2019 that – because of the ongoing Brexit chaos – will also be swathed in uncertainty. The UK is due to leave the European Union in about 90 days’ time, but will Brexit actually happen, or will it be delayed or even halted? How the year pans out will inevitably have a huge impact on th
  
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• 'I'm a knight and I live by the chivalric code'

  29-12-2018 08:30 via theguardian.com
  Jason Kingsley owns a games company but in his spare time he keeps horses and joustsName: Jason Kingsley
  Age: 54
  Income: ‘Millionaire’
  Occupation: Games developerMy video games company, Rebellion, has really taken off over the past five or six years. On paper I’ve probably been a millionaire for about 10 years or more, but in terms of spending power probably five years. Continue reading...
  
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• Bad customer service: who are 2018's worst offenders?

  29-12-2018 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Complaints about rip-offs and rotten service continue apace. Here’s our roundupStrife at low-cost airlines, terrible car hire firms, holiday accommodation scams and a UK train network in meltdown. From a consumer perspective, 2018 was very much the year to stay at home. The last 12 months saw no let-up in reader complaints, and our Consumer Champions receive about 600 emails a month, and more in the post. So which companies made headlines for the wrong reasons, and what, if anything, did w
  
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• Britons buy record 164m bottles of sparkling wine in 2018

  29-12-2018 01:01 via theguardian.com
  Sales of champagne and other sparkling wines are at £2.2bn so far this yearBritons bought a record 164m bottles of champagne and sparkling wine this year – and roughly one-quarter of them will have been drunk on Christmas Day or will be enjoyed on New Year’s Eve.Sales of champagne and other sparkling wines, including an increasing number grown on vines in the south of England, are at £2.2bn so far this year. Continue reading...
  
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• Bougie nights: Sussex vineyard makes a show of English wine

  29-12-2018 01:01 via theguardian.com
  Ridgeview – named the world’s best producer – uses candles to protect vines from frost Britons buy record 164m bottles of sparkling wine in 2018
  On chilly mornings in the next few months, the vines of the Ridgeview Wine Estate in East Sussex will be illuminated by the flickering glow of a thousand flames.Paraffin wax candles in pots, known as bougies, protect budding vines from frost, one of the hazards of wine-making in the English climate. Continue reading...
  
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• HMV collapses into administration, putting 2,200 jobs at risk

  29-12-2018 00:58 via theguardian.com
  Its 125 UK stores will remain open while talks with suppliers and potential buyers continueHMV has become the first casualty of a slump in Christmas trade on the high street, collapsing into administration for the second time in six years and putting more than 2,200 jobs at risk.The music and film retailer – which accounts for nearly a third of all physical music sales in the UK and nearly a quarter of all DVD sales – appointed insolvency experts from the accountancy firm KPMG as joi
  
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