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Netting a Bargain: Clean up with Maplin price cuts

Jonathan Campbell rounds up the best deals on the web and the high street

This robot vacuum cleaner is reduced from £149.99 to £99.99 at Maplin
This robot vacuum cleaner is reduced from £149.99 to £99.99 at Maplin This robot vacuum cleaner is reduced from £149.99 to £99.99 at Maplin

- HAVING a spring clean (although strictly speaking, you're late)? There's up to 40 per cent off some of the products you might need at www.maplin.co.uk.

This Vileda robot vacuum cleaner has one third off, down from £149.99 to £99.99. Search for item A52TA or use the quick link http://tinyurl.com/n28ul3o. If you’re decluttering, just £9.99 gets you a set of five storage boxes (normally £14.99 - item A62UJ. Need to lug your DIY tools around while you tackle those jobs you put off all winter? A heavy-duty holdall (item N69HL) will do the trick, down from £22.99 to £12.99. The quick link to that offers section is tinyurl.com/l5mmnrn.

Savvy fans of Sky TV channels who don't want to spring for a full subscription will also be pleased to know that Now TV boxes with the three-month entertainment package pass have 40 per cent off at Maplin. They're down from £25 to £14.99 - and even if you don’t need the box, it’s a decent saving on the value of the pass alone (the standard cost for three months would be almost £21) - item A05UU.

- Ikea Family card holders can eat for free in Ikea restaurants after 4.30pm from Monday to Friday until April 14. Pay for your food and drink, then show the receipt at the till when you pay for your shopping. The cost of your meal will be deducted from your shopping bill. The offer applies in the main restaurant only - not the hot dog counter. If you don’t have a Family card you can get one straight away at a kiosk in store. There’s no minimum or maximum spend. The qualifying spend in the main store excludes the food mini-supermarket as well as home delivery, planning, assembly and installation services. Read the full terms and conditions at ikea.com/gb/en. If you have any queries, ask at the customer services counter. Don't forget that Family cardholders get a free cup of tea or filter coffee every weekday too.

- Sign up to Patisserie Valerie's free Cake Club mailing list and as well as an introductory 10 per cent discount on your first visit, you'll get a free cake on your birthday. Find out more at pvoffer.co.uk.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:

- If you like paying for things using your phone, you can earn 500 extra Clubcard points using Tesco's PayQwiq app. Until May 7, each of your first 10 transactions will earn you 50 bonus points. Download it from the Apple App Store or Google Play. If you close your PayQwiq account within the first 14 days you will not receive the points.

j.campbell@irishnews.com

Details accurate at time of going to print. Offers subject to availability. If you see a TinyURL link in this article, it’s just a convenient way of redirecting you to a web page that would otherwise have a long address.