Jaguar's F-PACE has a lot of hype to live up to, but it really does confound expectations. The F-PACE has the attitude and near performance of a sports car combined with the practicality of a crossover - and already has a lengthy waiting list. Is that justified, Ray Massey puts it to the test.

When it comes to loyalty cards, shoppers are increasingly finding it is disloyalty that pays. Many have discovered a series of ingenious tricks to fool retailers into thinking they have gone elsewhere. Anna Malek, 29, (top left) says she saves up to £500 a year by using two Sainsbury's Nectar cards; one in her name and the other in her husband's. And Amy Pay, 24, from Cardiff, (right) revealed she uses her myWaitrose loyalty card to 'play the system' by taking advantage of the supermarket's offer of a free coffee with any purchase.

The first ball of the County Championships will be bowled today - and cricket enthusiasts can share their passion for the game by investing in related memorabilia. Tim Knight (pictured) is the owner of sports auctioneer Knights, which will be selling an Australian 'baggy green' cricket cap worn by Victor York Richardson with an estimate of £15,000 next month.

The total number of complaints about communication providers made to the Ombudsman in the first three months of this year is 53 per cent higher than in the same period last year. The Ombudsman said it could not disclose how many relate specifically to Vodafone. But the biggest issue readers say is driving them crazy is not just the fact that problems have occurred - but Vodafone's inability to sort them out.

Kaan Azmi, pictured with his familty, is happy to spend time finding better financial deals - but only since he discovered a tool that reminds him to do so. BeeMyMinder - which claims to take the 'sting' out of financial decision-making - encrypts data, meaning it is kept private. It cannot 'see' the bills you upload. It is listed on the Data Protection Register, as required by law, and does not store your bank account details. It makes money via commission, when customers take products from companies it partners with.

Specialising in one, rather technical area of the equipment hire market has advantages. It means Lavendon can develop relationships with top-tier construction firms, such as Balfour Beatty, Skanska and Laing O'Rourke, providing not just equipment but advice on how to use it most effectively. The group also prides itself on safety innovations, such as systems that prevent workers being crushed if they become disoriented at height and press the wrong buttons - a mistake that has cost several lives in the past.

There is one small corner of the buy-to-let market where the Chancellor has been more lenient: holiday lets. If you buy a property and let it out for holiday use, you will still be able to set your full mortgage interest repayments against tax. Moreover, you can continue to claim full capital allowances - something that ordinary buy-to-let owners are not able to do.

Sanjeev Gupta, boss of international commodities group Liberty House, told The Mail on Sunday: 'I am not going to do anything that is not profitable almost immediately. If that is not the case, then I am not in.' The profit target sets a high bar for any rescue given that the business is losing Tata more than £1million a day and suggests a deal by Gupta is far from certain.

Respected Tesco analyst Dave McCarthy at HSBC believes Tesco might say comparable store sales, the City's preferred measure of healthy demand, increased by more than 1 per cent in the past three months. The news, due on Wednesday, that Dave Lewis has a firm grip on the company's turnaround is likely to send a chill through rivals' boardrooms. 'Tesco's sales momentum is set to continue building. Tesco is on a virtuous circle and is pulling many suppliers along with it to mutual benefit,' said McCarthy in a research report.

Sunny Patel's shop, Sunny News, in Southfields, South-West London, employs three part-time staff, plus paper boys delivering 400 papers a day. It has the community's backing. The landlords served a notice in June last year under the 1954 Landlord and Tenant Act declaring that he would not be granted a new lease. They also applied for permission from Wandsworth Council to convert the site to residential use.

The shop has massive marker pen signs saying 'STOCK LIQUIDATION' and ALL STOCK MUST GO'. I assumed it was shutting down - but it's not. I can only imagine therefore that Sports Direct means 'all stock must go' in the traditional sense that that is the conventional aim of a retailer. But the cynic in me thinks I can't have been the only one tempted to go have a look for a bargain item thinking that the store was shutting down.

The pound has fallen to €1.24 yesterday, the lowest since June 2014, amid growing uncertainty in the run up to June's referendum over the UK's membership in the European Union. This means that having a meal, a drink or buying a tub of suncream in many European destinations has become more expensive for British holidaymakers, according to the Post Office Travel Money's latest holiday costs barometer.

Buyers chasing a low stock of homes for sale sent prices rising by £21,587 or 10.1 per cent in the three months to March, compared to the same period a year ago. The average price is now £214,811, the latest Halifax house price index reveals. This is the biggest annual jump since July 2014 and the second biggest since the run-up to the financial crash in September 2007.

If they don't want the TV, they can grab a £100 Amazon or Tesco giftcard, £100 loaded onto a prepaid Mastercard, or a Samsung Galaxy Tab E. Sky says the free TV offer is available across six bundles: The Original, The Complete, The Family, The Variety, Sky Movies and Sky Sports. Customers have to take out a 12-month contract.

By switching your cash into a better-paying account you can boost your interest for the coming tax year (which starts today) by hundreds of pounds. Pickings are sparse. The top deals have disappeared fast over the past few days following National Savings & Investments' shock announcement last week that it is to cut its Direct Isa rate from 1.25% to just 1% in June.

The run-up to the change has been mired in controversy. False promises, misleading statements by Government ministers and a lack of practical information have undermined changes that should, in the long term, create a simpler and clearer system. So what is really happening, how can you find out what you may receive and is it possible to boost your pension?

Nearly six per cent of households are receiving income from rented properties - a figure that has tripled since the 1980s, according to data from the Office for National Statistics. This growing army of landlords has had a huge knock-on effect to younger Britons - dubbed 'generation rent' - with an explosion of those aged 26 to 30 privately renting a home.

Brewbird Coffee is cafe with a difference - it's a social enterprise run by St Giles Trust, a charity that helps 'socially excluded people', including ex-offenders, young adults who have recently left care, the homeless and people who have suffered with addiction. Inspired? Find out how to set up your own social enterprise.

Choosing the right DIY platform is crucial but a wealth of choice and changes to charges have left many investors scratching their heads. We pick some of the best. We also highlight why investing in an Isa makes sense, as it should protect your hopefully growing investments from tax forever.

To clear the average national household debt of ?13,000 at 6% interest with a monthly repayment of ?100 will take around 17 years. There are, however, plenty of simple ways to make significant savings on your regular spending that could clear your debt - or boost your savings - in less than a year. This is Money's top 50 - updated - money-saving tips may appear light-hearted but are deadly serious.

Choosing the right DIY platform is crucial but a wealth of choice and changes to charges have left many investors scratching their heads. We pick some of the best. We also highlight why investing in an Isa makes sense, as it should protect your hopefully growing investments from tax forever.

George Osborne's continued austerity revealed in his 2016 Budget is likely to keep rates on hold for longer. Inflation expectations have been revised down for 2016 to 0.7 per cent, while Brexit uncertainty and slow global growth are also playing on rate-setters' minds.

For many buy-to-let looks an attractive income investment in a time of low rates and stock market volatility. Climbing house prices, rising rents and improving mortgage deals are tempting investors - although they will need a big deposit. Read This is Money's top ten buy-to-let tips

Musicians have seen pay rises averaging nearly 20 per cent in 2015, while cleaners are getting 17.8 per cent more, and window cleaners 12.3 per cent. Artists in general are earning 14.6 per cent more in 2015 than 2014, according to the huge annual data dump of pay scales by the Office For National Statistics highlights.