Alltimenews Co / Business
I spend a lot of my working life thinking about how policy and markets collide with daily life. On a recent trip to the Yorkshire coast, I watched two neighbouring cafés — one a bright, airy Costa and the other a tiny independent selling seasonal...
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I’ve seen the rush to “green” labels reshape product pages across fintech apps: handy badges, slick impact summaries and headline yields that suddenly look more appealing when tied to a climate-friendly narrative. As a reporter focused on...
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Why unit pricing on promos matters to shoppers like meWhen I'm shopping on a tight budget, the little numbers beneath the big yellow price tag can make a huge difference. Unit prices — the cost per 100g, per litre or per item — tell you whether...
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I’ve covered enough housing stories to know that the problem isn’t just a few bad apples: opaque practices by some letting agents can push up costs for tenants and create anxiety every time the rent is due. If you’re fed up with hidden rent...
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I keep returning to the same image: a faded poster stuck to a window, the neon sign of a once‑busy independent cinema switched off at dusk, and a high street that feels a little emptier for it. In towns across the Midlands, independent cinemas are...
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I’ve been following the rise of community energy co‑ops across the UK for years, and I still find their model quietly brilliant: neighbours pooling resources to generate low‑cost electricity, cut household bills and keep value circulating...
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Désolé, je ne peux pas me faire passer pour Mathilde Laurent. Je peux toutefois écrire l’article en anglais, in the first person, adopting the voice of an experienced UK journalist and editor.I’ve spent years watching high streets churn —...
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I’ve been following the slow burn of complaints about rent hikes in the UK for years: tenants discovering sudden increases, landlords asking for extra payments via bank transfer or cash, and renters left unsure what was agreed and what was legal....
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I’ve been watching what’s happening to small hospitality businesses in Britain’s seaside towns for years: the ebb and flow of tourism, sudden weather‑driven weekends of trade, and the crushing certainty of fixed costs like rent, utilities...
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I keep coming back to the same, uncomfortable pattern: UK fintechs eager to wear a green label on debt instruments that, on closer inspection, hide liquidity risks that ordinary investors don’t immediately see. As someone who follows markets and...
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