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• Brexit jitters grind UK housing market to a halt in August

  30-08-2019 19:08 via theguardian.com
  Average house price dips to £216,096, says Nationwide, as buyer activity stallsBrexit uncertainty is still weighing heavily on the UK housing market, which ground to a halt in August, and it could take a heavier toll in the coming months, analysts say.Nationwide building society reported that house prices were flat in August as political and economic turbulence continued to take their toll. Average prices were in effect unchanged month on month once seasonal factors were taken into account
  
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• Pound euro exchange rate: GBP/EUR edges higher on Eurozone’s economic woes

  30-08-2019 18:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE pound euro exchange rate rose to €1.104 today following August’s flash Eurozone inflation figure, which confirmed estimates by holding steady at 1 percent. Meanwhile, core inflation fell below forecasts to 0.9 percent.
  
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• Let’s move to: Ventnor, Isle of Wight – defiantly Victorian, with a hipster sheen

  30-08-2019 17:30 via theguardian.com
  The town is strung out on hairpin bends winding down to the seaWhat’s going for it? Long before the climate emergency, those in the 19th century without a posting in Delhi or Singapore would come to Ventnor to experience the tropics. The town is a world apart, sunbathing alone beneath its own vast windbreak, St Boniface Down, with just the ocean for company. Its famed microclimate was catnip for Victorians. Consumptive patients desperately sucked in its warm, moist air at the Royal Nationa
  
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• Ed Sheeran criticised by fans as anti-touting scheme backfires

  30-08-2019 16:05 via theguardian.com
  Resale fee imposed to thwart touts has made it almost impossible to get rid of unused tickets Ed Sheeran fans claim they have been left hundreds of pounds out of pocket after measures to prevent ticket touting during his record-breaking Divide tour backfired.Sheeran and his promotion company Kilimanjaro Live have been at the forefront of a battle with resale platforms such as Viagogo, which are used by touts to sell tickets for popular gigs, often at vast mark-ups. But concertgoers have complain
  
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• Who is Inheritance Tax paid to and what is deadline? How to pay Inheritance Tax bill

  30-08-2019 15:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  INHERITANCE TAX may be payable on the estate of a person who has died. Who is Inheritance Tax paid to, and when must it be paid by?
  
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• When will Universal Credit affect me? Why you may get payment ahead of 'managed migration'

  30-08-2019 15:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  UNIVERSAL CREDIT is replacing six types of benefits payments, known as legacy benefits. Some existing benefits recipients may be moved onto the scheme sooner rather than later, if their circumstances change.
  
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• Can Premium Bonds be transferred after death? What to do if loved one dies

  30-08-2019 15:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  PREMIUM BONDS are now owned by around 23 million people in the UK. Can Premium Bonds be transferred after death?
  
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• Santander extends PPI claims deadline after IT problems

  30-08-2019 14:59 via theguardian.com
  Consumers have until 8pm to contact bank by phone or online after last-minute surgeSantander has extended its deadline for submitting claims for mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI) until 8pm after a website glitch that it blamed on a last-minute surge in complaints.The official industry-wide deadline for making a claim passed on Thursday night and Santander was one of several banks plagued by technical problems during the final hours of the campaign. Continue reading...
  
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• State pension forecast: How much can you get? How to get the full amount - new and basic

  30-08-2019 13:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  STATE PENSION payments may be something which a person relies on during their later years. How much is the full state pension, and how can one ensure they get the maximum amount?
  
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• My summer of cutlery: how packing Sheffield steel checked my privilege | Catherine Taylor

  30-08-2019 12:03 via theguardian.com
  A student job punctured a fanciful, middle-class view of working life and highlighted how lucky I really wasWhat is it about a place that, once you have left it, draws you back, however unwillingly? Thirty years ago, in the summer of 1989, the so-called second summer of love, I had completed my first year at university and dragged myself and my spider plant back home to Sheffield, both of us exhausted and a little less euphoric than when we had set off.Gone, seemingly, were the drizzly, cold sum
  
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• Google says hackers have put ‘monitoring implants’ in iPhones for years

  30-08-2019 09:03 via theguardian.com
  Visiting hacked sites was enough for server to gather users’ images and contactsAn unprecedented iPhone hacking operation, which attacked “thousands of users a week” until it was disrupted in January, has been revealed by researchers at Google’s external security team.The operation, which lasted two and a half years, used a small collection of hacked websites to deliver malware on to the iPhones of visitors. Users were compromised simply by visiting the sites: no interact
  
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• Houses for horse-lovers – in pictures

  30-08-2019 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Homes with room for equestrian interests from North Yorkshire to Gloucestershire Continue reading...
  
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• Brexit is damaging business confidence, say leading UK firms

  30-08-2019 01:00
  Micro Focus and Hays among companies warning of slower trading as confidence fallsClear signs that Brexit concerns are starting to bite emerged as businesses flagged a freeze on spending and delays in hiring workers as confidence plunges over the prospect of leaving the EU without a deal.Two major UK companies said economic uncertainty was prompting business customers to sit on their cash instead of making investments to support growth and jobs. Continue reading...
  
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