B&H is selling it with 30% off for a new license, at $209USd, which is roughly £155 in the UK...
Not sure you can start comparing US & UK prices for 'newbie deals' There's all sort of issues that make trans Atlantic comparisons invalid.
But regardless of that C1 is now absurdly expensive here.
Black Friday deal on Amazon for Adobe Photography Plan (1 yr subscription for LR
and PS + 20gb cloud storage) for less than £48, buy and stack as many years as you want.
A single year of Capture 1 on subscription £180.
Or I could upgrade to the latest version for £199.
C1 is good, but not worth that.