Shopping

The price of first-class stamps will rise by up to 14p in the new year, Royal Mail has announced. Below we round up what's happening and what you can do to try to cut costs.

Update 11pm Mon 30 Nov: Arcadia Group, which runs Topshop, Miss Selfridge and the other brands we list below, has now gone into administration. It will continue to trade for the time being and says all online orders made over the Black Friday weekend will be honoured. We'll update this story early tomorrow with full info on what the announcement means for shoppers, including what's happening with gift cards and returns.  The parent company of Topshop, Miss Selfridge, Dorothy Perkins, Burton and several other big high street chains says it is "working on a number of contingency options" to secure the future of its brands, amid reports that it's on the brink of collapse. We don't know for sure what'll happen, but if you shop with it, here's how to play it safe with gift cards and online orders.

eBay sellers will soon be paid directly into their bank rather than into PayPal accounts. It means PayPal will no longer take a slice of your earnings, but eBay's hiking fees. We explain the full details on what's happening and who the winners and losers are.

Streaming service Now TV is to end its partnership with Tesco Clubcard in January – so you won't be able to convert your Clubcard vouchers into credit to spend with Now TV after then.

Ocado and Waitrose have Tesco and Morrisons have revealed when they will be accepting Christmas orders which completes the set among the biggies, so we've full info here - but you may need to go quick as some slots have already sold out. 

Tesco Clubcard users have been given an extra six months to spend vouchers which were due to expire in August or November, due to the coronavirus crisis.

Asda and Sainsbury's are making big changes to what they charge for online grocery deliveries, with many shoppers set to pay more as a result. 

Pret a Manger shoppers who signed up to its new coffee and hot drinks subscription service are furious after being charged £20 a month even though they believed they'd cancelled before a free trial ended. 

Shoppers defined as 'clinically extremely vulnerable' who have already redeemed Nectar points to use in its 'double-up' event will now be able to swap them for double points to use at any time after a campaign by MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis.

Sainsbury's must urgently rethink its Nectar 'double-up' promotion so that it doesn't force customers to go to stores unnecessarily while England is in lockdown and there are tight restrictions elsewhere in the UK, MSE founder Martin Lewis said today.