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Our shopping habits are constantly changing when it comes to how we get our groceries. Supermarkets are offering more online shopping and home deliveries, stores are increasing the use of self check-outs/scan and go and there isn't even an Eastenders omnibus window on Sunday afternoons to guarantee a quiet shopping window…
Entertainment! Entertainment everywhere! We're truly living in the miracle age of consuming content. From our telly faves, blockbuster movies and entire series available to stream on demand. But our smaller screens are also fighting for our attention, with constant pings and notifications from friends and from around the…
For some meal deal fans, it's the best time of the year! The usual offerings are being replaced with this year's selection of creative Christmas alternatives. Christmas dinner sandwiches, pulled pork wraps, brie and cranberry baguettes and sides of pigs in blankets in pastry. There's weird combinations and old favourites…
I'm hoping to get a laptop for a family member who is a typical day-to-day Linux user (i.e. not a technical Linux user). Her typical use is mainly browsers - Firefox and Chrome both open with (usually) lots of concurrent tabs, plus Google Earth and the occasional spreadsheet or two.At the moment the best value for money…
I'll preface this with saying that I know this kind of work gets done without telling Building Control. But I'd really like the paperwork to be in order and it feels like this could be more straightforward than I'm managing to make it. By local BC have also proved very difficult to just call and have an informal chat with,…
Hi I was with utility warehouse and in my August bill I was £540 in credit with them. But since then my credit has disappeared in all of my statements. I contacted them and received a text message a week later to say my credit would appear in my October statement. But it didn't I contacted them again and they said my…
hi, not sure why but my thread has been closed. It says it's been closed after my last post in which i was trying to be a bit jovial. Maybe it's not come across that way. Don't know. So how does anyone know why a thread has been closed. Is it mentioned somewhere. I can't see any mention ?? .Why don't supermarkets make meat…
I’ve been approved for ill health retirement by a previous LG employer. They’ve sent my pension figures which are considerably lower than the yearly pension statement I received in August this year. Their letter states that pension increases haven’t been applied to my figures because I’m not 55 (I’m in my 40’s). However,…
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Tomato Energy has gone under. If you're one of its 15,000 household customers, your supply won't be affected and any credit balance you had with the firm will be protected – but you should take meter readings now. Here's what you need to know.
NS&I has increased the interest rates you can get on all of its fixed-term 'British Savings Bonds'. Its new deals are strong across the board, especially if you're looking to save with a well-known name – though you can earn a bit more from the top-paying accounts elsewhere.
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