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A summer holiday £6m a minute sting
With our roaming charges remaining some of the highest in Europe for the next month at least, the six million UK holidaymakers jetting off to Europe and the US in July could bring big profits for mobile phone providers, says moneysupermarket.com.
Brits catch on to the energy switching game
New research reveals that Britons are getting into the energy switching habit with more than 13 million households - 51% - claiming to have switched energy suppliers at least once, says uSwitch.com, the independent online comparison and switching service.
Gifts for your loved one cost £62 a month
Money can’t buy you love but you’ll need at least £744 a year to keep your partner sweet, according to a new study by MoneyExpert.com.
Brits need to brush up on their financial etiquette
Brits are out of touch with financial etiquette, new research commissioned by CreditExpert.co.uk reveals today. The study, compiled with the help of Ladette to Lady’setiquette expert Liz Brewer shows that when confronted by nine financial dilemmas, Brits only know how to respond ‘correctly’ to a third of them.
Which? awards ‘the best of the best’ in products and services
In its fiftieth year, today for the first time consumer watchdog Which? has presented awards to the very best products and services in the UK.
Prepayment customers missing out on savings
Ofgem, the energy regulator, has said that customers who pay their energy bills by prepayment meter are missing out on average savings of £100 by not switching energy supplier.
BT introduces credit card
BT is launching a credit card that automatically reduces users’ phone or broadband bills every time it is used.
Brits keep £6k in the closet!
Bargain-crazy Brits have been warned to think twice when the summer sales start later this month– because new research reveals shoppers waste an incredible £6,044 (on average) during their lifetime on unwanted clothes and shoes.
uSwitch.com responds to Centrica’s trading update
Tim Wolfenden, Senior Product Manager at independent comparison and switching service uSwitch.com, responds to today’s update from Centrica that it is continuing to trade strongly: “Today’s announcement is another positive sign that the turmoil of high wholesale prices and low supplier margins is well and truly in the past.
Anticipated interest rate rise fuels job security fears
Four out of five UK consumers believe interest rates will rise again, fuelling a slump in confidence about job security, according to the Consumer Barometer from Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets.
Broadband customers not up to speed
Only one in five (21 per cent) of broadband customers achieve the speed they signed up for, according to new research.
Brits fork out hundreds of pounds going to weddings
The average Brit shells out £386 to attend a wedding, splurging on gifts, clothes, accommodation, travel and reception drinks. Of this, £130 is often spent before the wedding day itself on stag and hen parties.
Lights out London's £90,000 gift
Much of the capital is taking part in Lights Out London from 9pm, and research from price comparison site moneysupermarket.com reveals if all three million households in London switch off their lights tonight, over 900,000 kWh of energy could be saved.
Young consumers can be smart consumers
The OFT is today highlighting problem sectors for young consumers as schools from across the country take part in the final of a competition testing pupils' consumer skills in areas such as shopping and finance.
Poland, Bulgaria and Croatia now on tourists’ most wanted list
Tourists are heading east on holiday to a trio of former Eastern Bloc countries in search of low prices and new sights to stimulate sore eyes.