Spending Habits
Have your say on school uniform costs
Are you paying a lot for your child’s school uniform? Do you think uniform policies are unfair? Citizens Advice is urging parents to share their views in an online survey, launched today on the national charity’s website at adviceguide.org.uk.
Consumer Direct reaches 3 million milestone
Consumer Direct, the government-funded helpline, is announcing today that it has responded to over three million calls and emails since its launch in 2004.
Holiday fever sends Brits jetting into the red
12 million Brits go into debt paying for holidays, according to a new study on holiday spending by CreditExpert.co.uk, the online credit monitoring service from Experian.
Consumers brace themselves for a rocky ride
Britons are losing faith in the UK economy and believe their finances will enter a turbulent time over the next 12 months according to new research from Selftrade’s ‘Trading Up’ campaign.
UK sunseekers fail to count the costa
Carefree UK holidaymakers are determined to splash the cash this summer with over one third admitting they won’t set a holiday spending budget, according to new research.
British workers dissatisfied with leisure time levels
Almost three quarters (70%) of Brits are unhappy with the amount of leisure time they have outside of work and 51% would happily pay their employer for an extra hour off each day, according to research by Fool.co.uk.
Billions contributed by older people
Far from being a drain on society, older people are huge contributors to the economic and cultural wellbeing of their nations, according to the third annual HSBC Future of Retirement study.
Brits look to different sources of help depending on age
Who we turn to for help with technology problems varies hugely depending on our age. While a third of Brits (33 per cent) surveyed rely on ‘trial and error’ when setting a video, DVD or other tech device, at the age of 42 the satisfaction of conquering a gadget through personal ingenuity declines as consumers turn to relatives for help, according to tech education website whatisyourtq.com.
Money comes before sex, work and food
One in four of the UK population (26%) rank money above sex, food, work and the weather, according to Picture Financial.
Harry Potter to appear on millions of Royal Mail stamps
He’s conquered the bestseller lists for almost a decade and now JK Rowling’s bespectacled hero Harry Potter is set to appear on millions of Royal Mail Special Stamps.
The UK’s no. 1 consumer gripe: Being left hanging on the line
Consumers are frustrated by basic service standards across UK business but many companies aren’t listening, according to the latest ‘Service in Britain’ survey, conducted by Andrew Smith Research and Research Now in collaboration with the National Consumer Council (NCC).
Royal Mail kicks off new beginning for Wembley Stadium
One of the world’s most famous sporting venues is back - and Royal Mail is to celebrate the new Wembley Stadium with a special miniature sheet of five stamps.
Cyber fraud hitting online retailers hard
The rising tide of cyber crime is hitting the income of Britain’s burgeoning e-commerce sector by an estimated £580m a year, according to new report.
Not all spending counted by inflation rate
The Government’s headline inflation rate only includes 70% of goods and services in the average shopping basket, according to figures released by Alliance Trust Research Centre.
Pay rises can make you worse off
Pay rises and bonuses can be bad for you financially – and that’s official. New research from Prudential shows millions of British adults admit to running up debts by spending pay rises and bonuses before they have them.