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Three Alpine escapes in Austria

This five-star Austrian retreat is ideally located for hiking year-round. But its location within the Alpine valley of Großarl also makes it particularly well-situated for skiing. Guests can pre-order their ski equipment…

Sweetener used in chewing gum and jam linked to strokes and heart attacks

Xylitol is a sugar alcohol present in some natural foods in very low amounts. It is also added – often in amounts 1,000 times higher – to artificially sweeten foods, beverages and oral care products. Despite its growing…

Asda returns to growth after more than two years

In the preceding three months, sales had fallen 2.3%. "Our price position is strong, we are now getting more customers in the business and we have got some momentum online and that's been the biggest drag," Leighton…

October Budget could be a ‘tipping point,’ Asda boss warns Burnham

“The model so far has been to inhibit growth, which is high taxation of consumers, relatively high taxation and lots of costs being piled on business, and [with] those two things you’ll never grow,” he told City AM. “For…

How to prepare your portfolio for an AI crash

It is a very sensible question – we don't know there will be an AI crash, but having a clear plan to follow when you start to worry is better than waiting and panicking. However, it's also a very difficult question…

Asda in ‘foothills of recovery’ as grocer returns to growth

The discount supermarket saw like-for-like sales excluding fuel grow by 0.2 per cent in the seven weeks to mid-August. Like-for-like food sales jumped by 0.7 per cent. Asda has faced significant market share losses in…

How to choose an S&P 500 ETF

The S&P 500 is an index that tracks the performance of 500 of the largest companies in the United States , and is therefore one of the most effective proxies for the US stock market. If you put your money in the index…

Thousands more people dragged into dividend tax net – how to protect your investments

The number of people having to pay dividend tax has almost doubled in the six years since 2020, when 1.81 million were liable to pay it. The spike comes after successive cuts to the dividend tax allowance . The allowance…

UK petrol prices hit highest level in almost four years as bank holiday getaway looms

The average cost of petrol has reached 161.6p a litre, while diesel costs an average of 183.4p a litre, according to the AA breakdown company. The last time the petrol price was so high was in November 2022, when it…