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Free mobile calls for benefit claimants
Free phone calls for most people using their mobiles to claim benefits and pensions are announced by the Department of Work and Pensions today.
Chemmy Alcott talks speed on the slopes
This February, Britain’s Chemmy Alcott will be making a bid to be the country’s most successful Alpine skier.
Britain becoming a nation of entrepreneurs
New research suggests that the Britain is full of wannabee Sir Richard Bransons. The statistics from new mobile company GiffGaff has found that 70% of us enjoy finding ways to supplement incomes and being entrepreneurial, and that 67% of Brits want to be their own boss.
Household spending on clothing at record low
UK households spent less on average per week on clothing and footwear in 2008 than at any time since 2001-02, new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveal.
Samsung Internet@TV adds iPlayer and LOVEFiLM
Following the launch of Internet@TV in 2009, Samsung has unveiled its new updated platform providing users access to a number of exciting new applications on Samsung connected devices. Users will now be able to store around 70-100 applications on the new platform.
Shoppers use mobiles in-store for price comparison
A recent Motorola study of holiday shoppers identified that more than half (51 percent) of consumers across 11 countries used their mobile phones for in-store activities such as comparison shopping and getting peer feedback, product information and coupons, which signals the increasing importance for retailers to adopt mobile shopper technology strategies to remain competitive.
M&S Home Insurance offers home emergency cover
The freezing conditions across the UK this winter have led to a large increase in the number of householders making home emergency insurance claims including for burst pipes, according to M&S Home Insurance.
Millions invested to create new wave of silver surfers
Nearly 20,000 people living in sheltered housing will be switched on to the internet under £2.9m plans being developed by the Government to boost the number of silver surfers, Communities Minister Lord McKenzie and Minister for Pensions and the Ageing Society Angela Eagle announced today.
More than 50 per cent of internet users bank online
It is just 12 years since internet banking began, but its popularity has grown so much that, in the first half of 2009, 22 million adults used internet banking on their main current account.
Brits waste billions in the January sales
Almost £5 billion will be spent in the January sales in the UK this year as shoppers defy the recession and start the new decade with some serious splurging.
E.ON at home with British landlords
E.ON UK, one of the country's leading power and gas companies, has become a Recognised Supplier of the National Landlords Association (NLA), the leading representative body for private-residential landlords in the UK.
Free computers and broadband access
Labour's Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has announced that 270,000 low income families will receive a free computer and free broadband access.
Savvy savers slash energy bills by jumping online
With the "Deep Freeze" sending chills through households in the UK, moneysupermarket.com warns British bill payers they will use around 40 per cent of their annual energy consumption over the winter months.
Power firms accept Ofgem price controls
All seven owners of Britain's electricity distribution networks have accepted Ofgem's final proposals for the 2010-2015 price control.
Cold snap will push up energy bills but not household energy prices
Households could see their winter fuel bills increase by £60 if the cold snap continues into February, but reports that energy prices could go up are a red herring says uSwitch.com, the independent price comparison and switching service.