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DEALS OF THE WEEK: 100 photo prints for free; £5 cashback Just Eat voucher

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DEALS OF THE WEEK: 100 photo prints for free; £5 cashback Just Eat voucher; 15% discount on Dulux paint By Toby Walne for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:02 GMT, 29 February 2020 | Updated: 23:01 GMT, 29 February 2020 Buy 50 classic standard photo prints from online developer Photobox – and get a further … Read more

The bushfires have been devastating. But Australia is rising from the ashes with some great deals

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The bushfire season may be coming to an end, but is it safe to go to Australia? The short answer is: yes. Only three per cent of the country’s land mass has been affected by the deadly bushfires that began in earnest in November, and most tourist destinations are ‘not impacted’, according to Tourism Australia. … Read more

DIRECTOR DEALS: Ocado chairman Lord Rose pockets £1.7m selling shares

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DIRECTOR DEALS: Ocado chairman Lord Rose pockets £1.7m selling shares in the online grocer By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 28 February 2020 | Updated: 22:15 GMT, 28 February 2020 Ocado chairman Lord Rose pocketed £1.7million by selling 150,000 shares in the online grocer.  The 70-year-old Conservative peer, who has chaired … Read more

Will all savings deals be like Post Office’s Isa that loses 80% of its rate?

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On the face of it, Issue 20 of the Post Office’s online easy-access Isa looks like a pretty good deal.  It pays 1.25 per cent, the second best tax-free savings rate on offer – 0.1 percentage points lower than the best deal – and can be opened with £100.  It also accepts transfers from another … Read more

Coronavirus means travel deals galore – but would you snap them up?

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Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Nearly 3,000 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 80,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of … Read more

DIRECTOR DEALS: Glaxo boss Emma Walmsley handed £6.6m in shares

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DIRECTOR DEALS: GlaxoSmithKline boss Emma Walmsley handed £6.6m in shares By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:53 GMT, 21 February 2020 | Updated: 23:08 GMT, 21 February 2020 GlaxoSmithKline chief executive Emma Walmsley has been handed £6.6million of shares under a long-term performance scheme.  Walmsley, 50, will receive the 392,260 shares if she … Read more

Best mortgage rates: Compare fixed rate and tracker rate mortgage deals

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This is Money recently reported that 10-year fixed rates are currently at some of their lowest ever levels as banks and building societies battle for their business.  A fierce mortgage price war has seen the number of 10-year fixed rate mortgages on offer grow substantially over the past year, pushing rates down to an average 2.76 … Read more

Which? says January sales deals on flights and holidays may be too good to be true

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January sales for flights and holidays may be too good to be true: Which? research found past deals didn’t always add up, with some cheaper AFTER the sale ended Which? Travel has conducted three investigations into holiday deals since 2017  In previous years it found that half were the same price or cheaper after the … Read more

Number of inflation-beating savings deals falls 90% after sharp jump in CPI

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Savings bloodbath! Returns for savers are slashed as soaring inflation wipes out paltry interest rates and four of the best accounts disappear Last month 438 savings accounts beat inflation, with the CPI at 1.3% However the announced rise in inflation to 1.8% has seen this fall to 50 This is the lowest number of inflation-beating … Read more