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Warmed to capped energy bills? Now is the time to switch
Given the soaring temperatures this week, probably the last thing on your mind is your gas and electricity bills.
Recruitment awards: More power to the people campaigns
Amid all the talk of redundancies and recruitment freezes, you could be forgiven for assuming recruitment advertising was not at the top of employers' agendas.
Manchester Report: Plans for renewable energy bonds among 20 climate ideas to save the world
The British public could invest their savings in the UK's renewable energy revolution and reap the financial rewards of helping to save the planet, under ambitious plans to be discussed this weekend.
How to complain: Tony Levene's top tips
1 Remember, it generally costs a company £400, plus their own internal expenses, if you go to the Financial Ombudsman Service.
Hop Farm festival offers free tickets with a rain mac
Buy a £9.99 rain mac and get two rock festival tickets worth £250 chucked in for free.
Five ways to save on … petrol
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Commodities: Is it time to buy copper and nickel again?
The price of oil went below $40 a barrel, but is now around $70.
Ashes to ashes
In the window of JJ Fox is a standard "no smoking" sign which spells out that it is "against the law to smoke in this specialist tobacconist".
Mortgage repayments hit record levels
Homeowners reduced their mortgage debts by a record £8.1bn in the first quarter of this year, figures from the Bank of England showed today.
John Denham to strengthen councils, but would David Cameron follow suit?
The new local government and communities secretary has raised the prospect of councils holding the wider public sector to account in their areas – scrutinising a range of state bodies, from the health service to a vast quangocracy embracing education and training, while influencing how taxpayers' money is spent in areas currently outside town hall control.