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• Pound Euro exchange rate: GBP/EUR soars on ‘promising signals’ from Ireland

  11-10-2019 19:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  The pound jumped more than 1 percent against the euro today, with the pairing currently trading around €1.142. In a largely headline driven market, the pound rallied against the single currency as European Council President Donald Tusk said he had received “promising signals” from Irish Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar.
  
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• Revealed: The surprising problem which may have hampered HMV’s success in the past

  11-10-2019 18:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  HMV hit the headlines today after the company announced it will be opening its largest store in Birmingham – but an unearthed article has offered an explanation as to why this former family favourite has been so close to closure in the past.
  
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• 'We're no country bumpkins': Meet the couple who bought Thomas Cook

  11-10-2019 17:56
  John and Irene Hays discuss their down to earth business approach John and Irene Hays, the husband and wife team who bought Thomas Cook’s 555 high street travel agencies this week, are keen to stress that beneath their folksy charm lies steely resolve and razor-sharp business acumen.“People have portrayed us as country bumpkins,” says John, 70, who founded Sunderland-based Hays Travel from the back of his mother’s childrenswear shop in 1980. “We’ll see what th
  
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• Let’s move to St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex: the yin to Hastings’ yang

  11-10-2019 17:30
  This seaside town has stepped out of the shadow of its twin. One could say it was gentrifying, were it not built for the gentryWhat’s going for it? St Leonards has come of age. For years, all talk has been of its elderly twin, Hastings, newly colonised by rat-race escapees, with their boutiques selling linocut prints or vintage eccles cakes. But slowly, to the west, its neighbour has been undergoing its own metamorphosis. It is very much yin to Hastings’ yang. Whereas Hastings’
  
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• Pound US dollar exchange rate: GBP/USD soars by 1.9 percent on UK-EU Brexit breakthrough

  11-10-2019 17:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  The pound US dollar exchange rate soared by over 1.9 percent today, with the pairing currently trading around $1.264 after the EU’s Chief Brexit Negotiator, Michael Barnier described a “constructive meeting” with the UK Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay. Today also saw the EU27 give the greenlight on “tunnel” negotiations ahead of the EU summit next week.
  
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• Spacious and green: inside Norwich's award-winning new council houses

  11-10-2019 16:06
  For residents of eco-friendly Goldsmith Street, heating bills could be as little as £150 a yearAfter two years living in a third-floor flat in Norwich, Alex Jenkins, her partner and two young sons moved into a new council house in December. They are not alone in their adoration for their home, with its two large bedrooms, sunny back garden and high ceilings.Goldsmith Street, a development of 105 brick properties on the outskirts of the city centre, on Tuesday became the first social housin
  
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• Women hit by pension age changes to appeal against court ruling

  11-10-2019 15:15
  Backto60 group ‘incandescent’ at decision not to compensate women born in 1950sWomen born in the 1950s are appealing against the high court’s decision last week to dismiss their claim for compensation over pension changes they say have caused homelessness and destitution.“We’re rock solid,” said Joanne Welch, a member of the Backto60 campaign group bringing the appeal. “All the 50s women are incandescent at being told that they should not have expected t
  
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• Pound to euro latest: Pound rockets against euro and dollar after Brexit announcement

  11-10-2019 14:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE BRITISH pound rocketed against the euro and the US dollar amid hopes the UK will secure a Brexit agreement with the European Union before the scheduled deadline at the end of the month.
  
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• ENGAGING WORKS BUSINESS LIBRARY: Ex-Waitrose chief Price launches new hub for businesses

  11-10-2019 14:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  LORD Mark Price, former Waitrose managing director and trade minister, has returned to retail with the launch of an online business expertise hub, the Engaging Works Business Library.
  
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• My Argos receipt faded so much I can’t use my guarantee

  11-10-2019 08:00
  The retailer fobbed me off when I asked for an e-receipt for my purchaseBissell will not honour the lifetime guarantee for a carpet sweeper I bought from Argos because the receipt has faded so much it’s illegible. Argos just fobs me off.
  SC, BrightonArgos says: “We regularly review the services available in our stores to ensure we create the best possible experience for our customers. As part of this customers have the option of an e-receipt, printed receipt or both.” Continue
  
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• Most-viewed homes on Rightmove – in pictures

  11-10-2019 08:00
  The website has revealed the properties that received the most clicks in September Continue reading...
  
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