In business terms, Mark Pearson’s story is pure rags to riches. Having grown up on a council estate in Liverpool where he had to deal with domestic violence and a lack of money from a young age, he set up discount website MyVoucherCodes.co.uk for just £300 from his bedroom in 2006.
Amazon Local, the Groupon-like division of the online retailer, which works with merchants to sell daily deals to nearby restaurants, spas and so on, is to be closed on 18 December.
The final summer bank holiday takes place on 31 August and 79 per cent of Brits are set to make the most of it by eating out over the three-day weekend, according to VoucherCodes.co.uk.
