Spending Habits
CPI inflation rises to 3.0 per cent
Consumer Price Index (CPI) annual inflation - the Government's target measure - was up from 2.5 per cent in March to 3.0 per cent in April.
Throw away society shuns repairs
Britain's ‘fridge mountains' and ‘electronic landfills' are set to get bigger as 86% of Brits admit that they replace broken or damaged household items without any attempt to fix them first, according to new research from Legal & General.
Cost of living pushes over 1 million parents back to work
The choice of caring for your own children is rapidly turning into a luxury available only to those who can afford it.
Manchester gets a money makeover
It's a rich man's world in Manchester, according to research released by NatWest MoneySense, which reveals that life-loving Mancunians are the UK's biggest spenders, with the average household spending £26k a year, nearly £2,000 more than London.
Credit crisis set to change spending habits
The credit crisis is causing people to rethink their spending, a recent poll by Fairinvestment.co.uk has found.
Over 20 million Brits are potential smugglers
A whopping 24 million British travellers could be inadvertently smuggling goods on their return from holidays and trips outside the EU, according to research by Saga Travel Insurance.
Britain finally faces up to financial reality and reins in on spending
Alliance Trust Research Centre's Financial Reality Index highlights the worsening financial reality facing households and points to household spending growth cooling over the year ahead.
Brits consider ethical issues when shopping
New research by The Co-operative Bank think card has revealed the majority of Brits (61%) now consider ethical issues when shopping.
Wannabe middle class Brits rack up £35 billion of debt
We're all middle class now... or so we thought. How many Brits who classify themselves as middle class are actually working class by financial standing?
Brits want to give more to charity
A survey published by the Charities Aid Foundation has found that we think we should be much more charitable than in fact we are. Nearly one third (29%) of us believe we should all aim to give two per cent or more of our income to charity each year.
Britain lands the wrong bill
At a time when household budgets are being squeezed more than ever, the last thing Brits need is to be landed with an incorrect bill. However, in the last three months over eight million people have been overcharged.
Brits prepared to pay 10% more for "green goods"
40 per cent of Brits - 18.4 million people - are prepared to put their money where their mouth is and pay extra for environmentally friendly products, according to new research from online bank cahoot.
Image conscious Brits ignore credit crisis
Over a third (36%) of Britons admit to judging people based on what they wear, with many of us tempted to spend beyond our means in order to appear ‘well-off' to our peers despite the recent credit crisis, according to new research from CreditExpert.co.uk.
Elderly hit hardest by high food and energy costs
Inflation hit the over 75 year olds the hardest in March - this age group faces an inflation rate of 3.4%, according to a study by Alliance Trust. Inflation rates facing all other identified age groups decreased slightly in March but still remained ahead of the official headline rate of inflation of 2.5%.
insurance.co.uk launches cashback offer
insurance.co.uk has launched a special offer for users of the cashback sites ‘Quidco' and ‘Topcashback'. Customers who access insurance.co.uk via these sites will save a further £13 on their car insurance policy and £5 on their motorbike policy.