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Share It is hosted by 'Mistress of Wine' Sam Caporn and aims to give people the basics when it comes the plonk minefield. It made a nice change from another evening of browsing through endless streaming services trying to find something to watch and we broke it up over three nights – one night for white wine tasting, another for red and the last for rosé. This week, Consumer Trends looks at how our wine buying habits have shifted in the last year and how popular a course like this has been in recent weeks, as people hunt down free fun.

Nearly 60 years ago, Sir Cliff Richard first sang: We're all on going on a summer holiday. But this year, the word summer might need to be replaced by two letters: VR. Nope, not Very Relaxing, or Venice to Rome, but Virtual Reality. From the comfort of your sofa, hammock or lounger, you can be whisked around the globe via a headset hopping from the Brooklyn Bridge to the Great Pyramids to rowing an Icelandic lake - or wherever you fancy - inside a few hours. Which is lucky really, because depending on which member of the government you believe, the message for Britons seems to be you're not g...

In case you hadn’t noticed, Bitcoin went on bit of a tear recently. And as the price of the leading cryptocurrency soared again, so did the number of stories written about it. Bitcoin is an interesting tale, a welcome diversion in a Covid-bound world, and the circus around cryptocurrency is the gift that keeps on giving for journalists. But the vast majority of those column inches focus on two things: bitcoin’s price and should you invest? A question that’s not so much asked is what should you do if you’ve reaped handsome profits on bitcoin or another cryptocurrency?

Global Equity funds were the biggest winner, with net retail sales of £1.7billion, but UK All Companies funds continued to struggle ahead of the Brexit deal.

Expect plenty for Tesco shareholders to chew over in this week’s trading update after a baptism of fire for boss Ken Murphy, who had to contend with last-minute Covid restrictions during his first Christmas in charge. The good news is that Britain’s biggest retailer will likely report stonking sales – thanks in part to the shutdown of restaurants driving shoppers to supermarkets. However, the lack of festive get-togethers and the latest lockdown is hurting Tesco’s Booker division, which supplies caterers. Any indications of annual profits will be examined after Tesco agreed last month...