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• Tooled up: what the stuff we work with says about us

  27-06-2019 17:34 via theguardian.com
  The right kit or workstation can make all the difference to the way we approach the task at hand, says Senay Boztas Peter Booth has a special tool for bending pipes: it belonged to his grandfather, it’s a bit battered, but it works. “It’s a bit of pride, a bit of history, and I’m always showing that tool off on social media,” he says.Booth, like his father and his father before him, is head of the family’s plumbing and heating firm GV Booth, based in Loughboro
  
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• Tick tock – tick! How to win at time management

  27-06-2019 17:32 via theguardian.com
  When we’re up against it, with work spiralling and deadlines looming, the minutes seem to fly by. But don’t panic. These hacks, says Susie Mesure, can help you become a time lordWho doesn’t dream of having more hours in the day to get stuff done? Sadly, until quantum scientists figure out how to reverse time, we’re stuck with having to manage with what we have.Trouble is, the world of time management can sometimes seem a bit, well, time-consuming. There are so many differ
  
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• Filling in your tax return: could microproductivity help?

  27-06-2019 17:31 via theguardian.com
  Take the fear out of tackling tax by seeing HMRC as your friend, says Mike Pattenden. The chore – and the bill – may not be as bad as you expectedFew tasks on our to-do lists make the heart sink faster than the annual tax return. Many people would rather undergo root canal surgery than go online and plough through pages and pages of questions that could result in a four-figure bill.While it might bring back memories of sitting a particularly nasty maths exam, filling out a self-asses
  
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• Boots opens new London store in overhaul of business – and you can get free products today

  27-06-2019 10:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  BOOTS is opening a brand new store in Covent Garden today as part of a huge revamp of its UK business.
  
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• Want to buy a home in UK? You need to earn £54,000 on average

  27-06-2019 10:23
  Zoopla finds London buyers must be paid £84,000 while Liverpool requires £26,000First-time buyers now need an average income of £54,000 to purchase a typical property in a UK city, but the priciest locations have become a little more affordable, according to the latest data.This average income required has risen by 9% since 2016, when it was £49,900, largely down to higher house prices, said the property website Zoopla. Continue reading...
  
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• Bitcoin plunge: BTC loses $1,700 in just 15 minutes as Coinbase website crashes

  27-06-2019 10:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  BITCOIN plunged by more than $1,700 in 15 minutes after a cryptocurrency exchange website appeared to crash.
  
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• Virgin Money stopped my card after data demand

  27-06-2019 08:00
  I refused to answer a questionnaire and then my cards were blockedMy wife and I were migrated to Virgin Money credit cards last year after Virgin severed ties with MBNA which had previously been its card provider. Recently, Virgin wrote to us demanding disclosure of sensitive information such as our salaries, proof of identity and proof of source of funds that we use to pay our credit card bill.This is the first time in 20 years a credit card provider has sought such personal data, and the fact
  
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• Investors flock to fake real estate ads put up as protest art in Berlin

  27-06-2019 06:00
  Imaginary billboards in Berlin, advertising ‘projects’, led to serious inquiriesA Berlin-based artist who put up billboards advertising fake real estate projects in protest against runaway property development received more than 200 calls from would-be investors who didn’t get the joke.Three billboards appeared six weeks ago across Berlin advertising luxury new-build developments at in-demand locations. “Available 2021,” the billboards state. “No commission &n
  
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• UK's biggest carbon capture project is step-change on emissions

  27-06-2019 01:01 via theguardian.com
  Tata-owned Cheshire plant to turn 40,000 tonnes of CO2 a year into useful productsThe UK’s biggest carbon capture project will soon block thousands of tonnes of factory emissions from contributing to the climate crisis, by using them to help make the chemicals found in antacid, eyedrops and Pot Noodle.Within two years a chemical plant in Cheshire could keep 40,000 tonnes of carbon from the air every year, or the equivalent of removing 22,000 cars from the UK’s roads. Continue reading
  
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• Hunt's pledge to reduce corporation tax 'will cost £13bn a year'

  27-06-2019 01:01 via theguardian.com
  IFS warns that Tory leadership candidate’s plans leave less scope for relaxing austerityBritain’s leading tax and spending thinktank has said that Jeremy Hunt’s promise to reduce corporation tax to the lowest rates in the advanced world would cost £13bn a year and risk the continuation of austerity.The Institute for Fiscal Studies warned that the Conservative leadership contender’s plans would leave no scope to relax the Tories’ policy of austerity after a dec
  
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