Brexit uncertainty, alongside a more competitive holiday market and the aftermath of the slow end to last summer has resulted in year on year package holiday price drops to a number of European beach locations this Summer, according to Travel Supermarket.

The advent of spring is not just a time to enjoy the abundance of flowers, longer days and watching newly-born lambs in the fields. It is also when smart investors can take advantage of new allowances to give investment portfolios a fillip. This is because April marks the start of a new tax year and with it a fresh set of incentives to boost taxfriendly investing via pensions and Individual Savings Accounts.

Train users can beat rising fares by buying separate tickets for a single journey, often cutting the cost of travel by a third. Experts estimate that the average saving is 20 per cent. This little known trick is called 'split-ticketing'. There is no need to pass through ticket barriers mid-journey. All that is required is that the train stops at the station from where one ticket journey ends and the next begins. In the past the only obvious way to find all the ticket options available to you was to download an app.

It is a sign of the times that when a new child is born, many parents and grandparents start thinking immediately about how they can help the little one face the big financial challenges that await them. These hurdles may be some years down the line - for example, paying for university and putting together a deposit for a home - but saving early is essential. And it can be done with the help of a special tax perk - a Junior Isa.

Slowly but surely, like a Number 9 bus, we are moving towards a cashless society where plastic and payment apps rule. Move over bank and building society branches run by tellers with friendly faces. Tatty bye. Adios, free cash machines and free crisp £10 notes - with big ATM operator Notemachine just announcing it could start charging just under a £1 for withdrawals at many of its 10,500 cash machines. And hello contactless payment, Apple Pay, Paypal, Google Pay, Samsung Pay, Paym, Uncle Tom Cobley and all.

Sophie Faldo, winner of Great British Bake Off in 2017, expects that she will never earn enough to be able to buy her own home. The 35-year-old former soldier, who served in Afghanistan in her 20s, currently rents a home in Surrey with boyfriend David and cats Loki and Odin.

Jaguar made its name and reputation over decades creating sexy sports saloon cars full of 'grace, space, and pace' costing less than customers thought they might. You only have to think about the classic Mark II Jaguar as driven by TV's Inspector Morse and favoured as a getaway car by villains or a pursuit car by police in countless bank robberies in real-life and on the big and small screens. Today, when families are increasingly switching to the flexible higher-riding sports utility vehicles or 'SUVs', many are asking whether the traditional four door family saloon has had its day.

Morses is run by Paul Smith, a competent, clever and driven 52-year-old, who took the helm in 2015, with a mission to modernise the doorstep lending business and expand into new areas. The shares have done well since Morses was floated on London's junior Aim market in 2016 and, at 173p, there is plenty more mileage in the stock - and a decent dividend stream to boot.

Billionaire Warner Music owner Sir Len Blavatnik is plotting a blockbuster London stock market flotation of his broadcasting service, dubbed the 'Netflix of sport'. Hammersmith-based DAZN, which was acquired by Blavatnik's Access Industries in 2014, is understood to be drawing up options, including a London share sale that would value it at up to £3 billion. DAZN, formerly known as Perform Group, has become one of the UK's most valuable technology start-ups and is a darling of London's technology sector.

It's an industry most of us associate with dingy, smoke-filled bars in Amsterdam and the more liberal states in the US and Canada. But cannabis companies are making their way to London to tap into a £100billion European market and cash in on the Square Mile's so-called 'green rush' among investors. In the past few weeks alone, four firms have decided to ditch their previous business plans and instead switch their focus to cannabis-based medicines.

Every week it seems Britain's high streets edge closer to extinction. Over the past seven days alone, Debenhams has crashed into administration and new figures revealed we have almost 2,500 fewer stores than last year. No wonder speaking to most retail bosses these days feels like running a drop-in therapy clinic as they list their problems and woes. Most, that is, but not all. Former Asda boss Andy Bond, who now runs a group of 2,451 discount stores across Europe, is among a small group of executives utterly convinced there is light at the end of the tunnel for bricks and mortar shops. 

This week's podcast offers an easy-to-follow guide to all the changes to our taxes that have come into force. And do not miss the wonderful Simon Lambert rant about the lies he was told by Virgin Mobile as National Price Hike Day sends all our bills in the wrong direction.

It showed a balance of three shillings and sixpence, is there any point in trying to find out what happened to this account?

In the immediate aftermath of a crash, it's not always easy to think straight. This guide is a step-by-step walk through of the four key things a driver needs to do immediately after an accident in a hire car to ensure the safety of others and protect themselves from a financial nightmare.

National Savings & Investments' index-linked certificates, Guaranteed Growth Bonds and Guaranteed Income Bonds will become less attractive from May. Around 507,000 savers with £19.9 billion in index-linked certificates will see returns plummet when they renew their accounts.

Prices of the 8-series start from £83,270 and quickly rising into six figures - but it won't save the planet, averaging just 28.5mpg with CO2 emissions of 225g/km. We put it through its paces and see just how good the new model is.

I have been a John Lewis broadband customer since 2017 and, on January 1, I renewed my contract for £25 per month. However, after this, two refunds appeared on my bank statement and, on January 17, my landline was cut off. John Lewis said my bank had refused one of my direct debits. But my bank provided proof that it had paid the money. When I called John Lewis, I was told that I would have to pay £19.76 to have my landline restored.

There's a new top golden hello offer on the current account market. Those who switch their current account to NatWest before 7 June can net themselves £175 provided they stay for a year. In order to obtain the full bonus customers must pay in £1,500 and log in to online or mobile banking by 12 July, and then use their debit card at least once a month for the next year.

The amount you can save into a pension ultimately depends on what you can afford - but the longer you leave it the more you will need to save. We tend to put ambitious targets on our hoped-for income in retirement and then underestimate how much we will need to set aside to achieve that. So how much should you save?

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.

The Bank's ratesetters have joined the rest of Britain in awaiting what happens with the country's departure from European Union. Rates were held at the last MPC meeting, with an Inflation Report indicating slower growth in the near future and an easing in rate rise expectations. Barring Brexit chaos, another Bank Rate rise is still expected this year, taking interest rates to 1 per cent.