Black Friday UK 2015: Apps including HotDeals UK, Stocard, Amazon, Ebay and Waze will help find the best bargains on 27 November November 23, 2015 Black Friday is almost upon us. But if, come 27 November, you'd rather dodge the crowds and get straight to the bargains, you might need some help. After all, around one in six Britons are planning to make the most of the deals day to snare a bargain, with one in five of us expecting [...]
Burgers, burritos and pulled pork: This interactive shows London’s favourite Insta-food July 14, 2015 Burgers might have been born in the USA, but it's in London that they are really hitting the spot. It might be the rise of the so-called dirty burger, but Londoners share more pictures of this humble fast food than anywhere else in the world – including New York and LA. The capital [...]
Countdown to Christmas 2015: Seven losers of the year featuring Sepp Blatter, Ukip and the England rugby team December 5, 2015 For every glorious sporting triumph, history-making achievement, scientific breakthrough, artistic masterpiece or political triumph achieved in 2015, there has been a fall from grace to go with it. Whether it's an ousted president, collapsed share price or corporate disaster, for this lot, 2016 can't come soon enough. Read more: Beer, burritos and gifs: This was crowdfunding in 2015 [...]
Black Friday 2015 UK: John Lewis & Marks and Spencer’s best deals on kitchenware, homeware and furniture including Sony TVs, Le Creuset pans and Dyson vacuum cleaners November 26, 2015 Like it or not, it appears Black Friday is here to stay, and us Britons can't get enough. It's estimated that we will spend as much as £1.9bn on 27 November, with Visa expecting £721m to be spent online. Peak shopping times will be between 6pm and 7pm, as commuters go shopping on their mobiles. Homeware will account [...]
Black Friday 2015 UK: Tips for how to get the best deals, avoid the queues and stay calm in stores and online for blissful bargain hunting November 24, 2015 We’re only a few days away from Black Friday, now synonymous with frenzied shoppers battling to secure the pick of the sale crop. Determined shoppers will again pound the pavements to secure their pre-Christmas bargains. For those considering taking up the challenge, we’ve gone through our consumer data based on 3,000 shoppers last year – [...]
Why pumpkins are not just for carving this Halloween – and how you can turn yours into great recipes by celebrity chefs Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Ainsley Harriott and Mark Hix October 28, 2015 This week the chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall described the UK as the food waste capital of Europe. The facts make it hard to disagree. Every day 24 million slices of bread are thrown out by UK households. More than one in five households admit to binning an entire loaf of bread before even opening or slicing [...]
Boxing Day sales kick off early online at Amazon, John Lewis, Currys, Harrods, Next and Debenhams December 24, 2014 Amazon is kicking off its Boxing Day sale on Christmas Day. That’s right, you can start hunting for deals if Santa didn’t bring what you wanted before you’ve even had time to digest Christmas dinner. But there are also a host of retailers waiting to open their doors to sale shoppers on Boxing Day that [...]
Tesco, Argos and Currys Black Friday deals: Retailers’ websites struggle with massive demand November 28, 2014 Retailers' websites are struggling to keep up with demand from shoppers hunting for mega-deals on Black Friday. Customers have been unable to access the deals being offered by Tesco, Argos and Currys with their websites returning error messages due to the high volume of visitors just days before "Cyber Monday" when online deals are expected [...]
Revealed: the European funds hit hardest by last week’s market turbulence September 2, 2015 The funds suffering the biggest losses after last week’s global stock market chaos have been revealed, as FE Trustnet data shows the European fallout from last week's market turbulence. The worst-performing fund was Aberdeen Global European Equity Ex UK, which gets the unflattering crown after it suffered a 6.19 per cent loss over the month [...]
Carphone Warehouse cyber attack leaves 2.4m customers at risk of data breach August 10, 2015 Up to 2.4m Carphone Warehouse customers may have had personal details accessed by hackers in a massive cyber attack. Read more: Carphone hikes dividends as it smashes forecasts The retailer said that encrypted credit card details of up to 90,000 customers may have been part of data taken on 5 August. The IT systems division of [...]