A Bristol-based deli with a reputation for incredible cakes and superb takeaway dishes, cooked on site, has been named as Britain’s Best Small Shop of 2019. Papadeli stocks a selection of foods from local producers and further across Europe and claims one of the best cheese counters in the city. Also on offer is the
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Alan Monahan writes: Ten years ago, six out of 10 UK transactions were cash. Now it’s three in 10. You don’t need a crystal ball to guess where this is going. The independent Access to Cash Review was commissioned against growing concern among consumer groups. They are worried about the closure of rural ATMs and
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Independent gift shops are driving a big increase in the sale of candles, according to a report from retail software company Vend. Its data reveals that sales spike on Mother’s Day and over the festive period and that Brits are buying an average of six candles a year at £7.40 a time. ‘Consumers have been
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Alan Monahan writes: It has never occurred to me to enter a shop and ask for a discount. I have concluded that there must be something in my psyche that stops me from doing it. But while I am not prepared to haggle in-store over, say, a lampshade, I’m perfectly happy to try to negotiate
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Wales tops the UK’s festive spending league table, with the average person shelling out £377 for presents, according to a survey from financial services firm Hargreaves Lansdown. Scotland follows in second place (£351), with the North-East third (£345). Bottom of the table is the East Midlands (£264). Women spend an average of £340 on Christmas
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London’s Carnaby Street has unveiled an exclusive art installation in celebration of the Twentieth Century Fox and Regency Enterprises film, Bohemian Rhapsody. Hailed as one of the greatest rock songs of all time and topping charts as a best-selling single for over forty years, Freddie Mercury’s lyrics will shine brightly on Carnaby Street ahead of
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