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Finding the right person to handle jobs around your home has always been a difficult task.But now help may be on hand from an unlikely source, as a firm better known for selling you home appliances and furnishings wades into the market.John Lewis has already spent the

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A long time ago obtaining foreign currency for your holiday was a hassle. Before government controls on foreign exchange were removed in 1979, you could only obtain holiday cash by going to your bank or a bureau de change.There were limits on how much money you could

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The FTSE 100 finished higher in a second day of gains for the blue chip index.It rose 65.36 points to 7,430.62, led by the South African hospital group Mediclinic International whose share price rose by 2.89% to 764p.Shares in Anglo American finished 2.82% higher at

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A key member of the Bank of England’s interest rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), Michael Saunders, has said “a modest rise” in interest rates is needed to curb high inflation. In a speech in Cardiff, he said it would “help ensure a

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Online gambling firm 888 is to pay a record penalty of £7.8m after it failed to protect vulnerable customers.The Gambling Commission said there were “significant flaws” in the firm’s social responsibility processes.The regulator highlighted a

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When centrist Emmanuel Macron was swept to power in presidential elections last May, his big platform was a reform of France’s rigid labour laws.But his popularity has since waned, and the measures to be revealed on Thursday will be a big test for his

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As Brexit negotiations continue, how are EU workers in the United Kingdom feeling about their future, their right to work in the country and their job security?The BBC visited Northern Industrial, a small family business in Blackburn that repairs and revamps old

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John Hobson is listening to a recording of conversations with his late mother, mostly small talk about family. The words are on a vinyl record, although this is more than a recording of memories. The ashes of Madge Hobson are combined with the vinyl, with a photograph

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Groceries, post and even pizza are now being delivered to remote parts of the world, previously cut off because they lacked an address.In Mongolia, people can apply for a bank account using three words to identify where they live.The system divides the world into 57

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Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom has demonstrated a new micro-payments service that is designed to let people charge small amounts of money for any content they create.Bitcache will let users make and receive Bitcoin payments.Mr Dotcom is currently fighting

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