Spending Habits
Get on track for the Olympics
Lucky Brits who have managed to get their hands on tickets for the London 2012 Olympics will start to see money taken from their bank accounts from next week.
Don't fall into the store card trap
Shoppers in the UK could save up to £100 in interest by shopping around for the right card to pay for their basket of goods, according to moneysupermarket.com.
Whopping wedding bills - take three years to pay off
We don't expect William and Kate to have this problem, but the average couple will take nearly three years to pay off their big day.
Consumers cut costs with women leading the way
More than eighty percent of consumers have changed how they shop in order to reduce the amount they spend, according to research from insolvency trade body, R3.
Attending a wedding?
As the world focuses on the forthcoming wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, reported to cost £50m, research from Halifax Savings reveals that Brits are spending £900 a year to attend a friend or family member's big day.
Average cost of a wedding drops by over £4,000
Forget splashing out on Westminster Abbey and turning to the bank of mum and dad to fund the big day, the ordinary British couple is being savvier than ever with its savings to be able to afford to tie the knot.
Households to spend £267 celebrating the Royal Wedding
With the final countdown to the Royal Wedding well underway, research from The Co-operative Bank highlights that households are set to spend an average £267 celebrating the occasion.
Couples get wedding saving savvy
Today's engaged couples are taking greater financial control over their wedding. With nearly two thirds (61%) footing the majority of the costs themselves, they are saving more and spending less ahead of their big day, according to research from Tesco Bank.
Brits spending £10,339 a year supporting others
British adults spend on average £10,339 a year financially supporting their dependents, according to Scottish Provident's Financial Safety Net Report.
UK inflation falls to 4%
CPI annual inflation, the Government’s target measure, was 4.0 per cent in March, down from 4.4 per cent in February.
High inflation causes one in ten Brits to give up saving
The strain on consumers' finances due to high inflation, which dropped to 4.0 per cent in March, has caused nearly one in ten Brits to stop saving in 2011, according to a survey by moneysupermarket.com.
Easter and bank holiday breaks to cost parents
With the Easter school holiday and subsequent bank holidays starting this week, the Cost of a Child Report, from protection specialist LV=, reveals that UK parents will collectively spend £18.8 billion, or £1,429 per child over all of the school holidays this year.
Half of women go Dutch on a first date, but men still want to pay
New research from online bank first direct has found sharply differing financial attitudes to first dates between the sexes. While women have a progressive attitude to dating expecting to split the bill on a first date, men still like to play the hunter gatherer role and pick up the bill.
More women choosing to 'go Dutch' - but men still want to pay
New research from online bank first direct has found sharply differing financial attitudes to first dates between the sexes. While women have a progressive attitude to dating expecting to split the bill on a first date, men still like to play the hunter gatherer role and pick up the bill.
Save pounds and the planet with Tesco carbon labelled products
The UK could save £2.2bn a year and the average household could cut their annual utility bills by 8%, just by following the advice on carbon labelled products from Tesco.