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5 Things You Need To Know, Today, on Wednesday 20th October 2021
5. A Brewdog promotion which said customers could win "solid gold" beer cans was misleading, the advertising watchdog has found, after they discovered the cans were not solid gold, but were gold-plated instead.
The Scottish brewer offered shoppers the chance to find a gold can hidden in cases sold from its online store.
4. Netflix subscriptions picked up in the third quarter of 2021 as non-English language shows continued to be the streaming platform's best performers.
The US firm added 4.4 million users in the three months to 30 September, more than double the previous quarter and Korean TV series Squid Game was its biggest hit, watched by 142 million households in its first four weeks.
3. Food and drink firms are seeing "terrifying" price rises, a sector trade body has said, warning of a knock-on effect for consumers.
Food and Drink Federation boss Ian Wright told MPs inflation is between 14% and 18% for hospitality firms.
2. People are taking out more money when they visit ATMs, with the average amount climbing more than £10 to just under £80 in the last two years.
But they're using cash machines 40% less than before and withdrawing £44 a month less and withdrawals are now nearly £100m less a day than in 2019.
1. The UK government has announced plans to launch a £400m package of investment alongside the US billionaire Bill Gates to boost the development of new green technologies.
Boris Johnson said the deal would help power a “green industrial revolution” and develop emerging technologies that were currently too expensive to be commercially successful but were essential to hitting the government’s climate goals.
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