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You and Yours: Black Friday, Christmas garden centres, Energy orchestra

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27/11/2015

Black Friday, Christmas garden centres, Energy orchestra

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Black Friday, Christmas garden centres, Energy orchestra

US retailers and consumers are cooling towards the big discounts of Black Friday.

US retailers and consumers are cooling towards the big discounts of Black Friday, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra plays a requiem on instruments made out of old gas meters.

It's Black Friday today and retailers are slashing prices and offering big deals. The idea was imported from America, but shoppers there are growing tired of the discounting.

EU Delay - a company that will get compensation from your airline if your flight is delayed has been holding consumers' money. The director tells us why he's not paying up.

We visit the garden centres competing to be crowned the best Christmas destination.

There's been a surge in criminals cold-calling, pretending to be from major companies and then trying to take over people's home computers. One You & Yours listener who's an expert in IT recorded one of the fraudsters in action and explains how the scam works.

There's a boom in craft beer and Hogs Back brewery in Surrey is now selling its bottles through the discount supermarket Lidl. We speak to the Managing Director Rupert Thompson.

And, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra plays a requiem on instruments made out of old gas and electricity meters. 

Producer: Lydia Thomas
Presenter: Peter White.

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