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• The best Black Friday deals on the products we love: Apple, clothes steamers and the Always Pan

  29-11-2024 17:12
  We recommended them in the Filter; now we’ve sifted through all the offers to find the genuinely good discounts on our favourite products – updated for Black FridayWe’re finally approaching the business end of Black Friday, and stores have stumped up some delectable discounts on products we’ve recommended in the Filter.If you followed our advice in our guide to not getting ripped off in the sales, you may have waited until now to splurge on Black Friday deals, and might e
  
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• Black Friday online sales in UK rise by 12% but shops still feel the pinch

  29-11-2024 16:56
  
  Embattled retailers raise hopes of festive spending spree as sales event coincides with payday Shoppers visited websites in droves to snap up Black Friday bargains, raising hopes among struggling retailers that the US-inspired promotional day would finally kickstart a festive spending spree.After a tough October and start to November for UK retailers, the number of transactions made by Nationwide Building Society members was up 11% by lunchtime compared with Black Friday last year and was 17% up
  
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• Mortgage payments ‘will rise for half of UK homeowners over next three years’

  29-11-2024 15:13
  Bank of England financial stability report says 4.4 million households will face extra pressure on their financesBusiness live – latest updatesThe mortgage payments of half of UK homeowners will rise over the next three years, leaving 4.4 million households facing extra pressure on their finances, the Bank of England has said.The Bank’s financial policy committee said this would include £500-a-month increases for the mortgages of about 420,000 households. Continue reading...
  
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• Royal Mail fails to deliver about a quarter of first-class post on time

  29-11-2024 14:52
  Deterioration in delivery times adds further pressure on bosses just as takeover deal nears completionBusiness live – latest updatesRoyal Mail failed to deliver about a quarter of first-class post on time in recent months, marking a worsening in its recent delivery performance, when it is already under investigation for missing delivery targets.The company that owns Royal Mail, International Distribution Services (IDS), said about 76% of first-class mail arrived within one working day in t
  
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• ‘People demand more’: office Christmas parties pivot from alcohol to activities

  29-11-2024 14:52
  
  Escape rooms, murder mystery experiences and crazy golf are replacing traditional boozy lunchesBusiness live – latest updatesFrom telling your boss what you really think of them, to an ill-advised hook-up with a colleague, the traditional British office Christmas party usually supplies enough drama to provide ammunition for workplace gossip well into January.Now, though, the annual booze-fuelled debauch appears to be falling out of favour as companies respond to changing cultural mores and
  
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• Here’s one way to slash Britain’s rate of child poverty: stop dithering and make all fathers pay what’s due | Polly Toynbee

  29-11-2024 12:03
  
  A new report shows a bad situation is getting worse. This really is a case for draconian action from the stateMen don’t pay and won’t pay. Governments for more than 30 years have failed abysmally to make fathers pay for their children. The latest report, following a long line of them, shows how few fathers are paying maintenance, and how many separated mothers are giving up in despair. Child poverty has risen to 44% in single-parent households, but when children do receive maintenanc
  
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• The best Black Friday deals on the products we love: heated airers, skincare and the Always Pan

  29-11-2024 10:55
  
  We recommended them in the Filter; now we’ve sifted through all the offers to find the genuinely good discounts on our favourite products – updated for Black FridayWe’re finally approaching the business end of Black Friday, and stores have stumped up some delectable discounts on products we’ve recommended in the Filter.If you followed our advice in our guide to not getting ripped off in the sales, you may have waited until now to splurge on Black Friday deals, and might e
  
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• Starmer has discovered a tricky truth about the electric vehicles transition: there’s no gain without pain | Gaby Hinsliff

  29-11-2024 09:00
  
  The Tories’ targets glossed over the impact on carmakers and cash-strapped drivers – but the move to net zero won’t be cheap or simpleHave cake, will eat. For years it has been the default political response to awkward questions about the climate crisis, with successive governments insisting that going green would create jobs, not destroy them, and that the planet could be saved without stifling growth or demanding uncomfortable sacrifices. Keir Starmer promised only this month
  
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• Jürgen Klopp’s former mansion tops Rightmove’s views list for 2024

  29-11-2024 09:00
  
  Former Liverpool manager’s rented home fends off 27-bedroom manor house as website’s most-viewed propertyA home fit for football royalty and a grade-I listed abbey are among this year’s most-viewed properties on the listing website Rightmove.Jürgen Klopp left his job as manager of Liverpool in May, and in October the six-bedroom home he was renting from the Merseyside club was put on the market at an asking price of £4.25m. Continue reading...
  
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• Homes for sale in Great Britain with stunning staircases – in pictures

  29-11-2024 08:00
  
  From a former inn with a grand Jacobean staircase to a minimalist London flat inspired by a Japanese design Continue reading...
  
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• House prices and sales across UK expected to rise in early 2025

  29-11-2024 06:00
  
  Buyers seeking to benefit from expiring tax breaks and pent-up demand predicted to drive up costs, according to Zoopla report House sales are expected to accelerate over the next four months as buyers seek to benefit from tax breaks that are due to run out in April 2025, according to the online property website Zoopla.The number of home sales increased across the UK this year, pushing up prices by 1.5% in the year to October. Next year prices are expected to rise by 2.5% and transactions will ju
  
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