Spending Habits
Resolve to gain pounds in 2007
Instead of pledging to lose weight in the New Year, resolve to gain pounds of the financial variety.
uSwitch.com offers New Year hang over cure
As the nation heads towards a collective hangover of festive excess, uSwitch.com, the independent comparison and switching service, offers some helpful hints to ensure that your wallet isn’t as strained as your waistline going into 2007. Each household could make a saving of up to £1000 on household bills and financial products through a simple financial makeover this New Year.
One4All Gift Voucher takes the legwork out of Christmas shopping
UK shoppers are set to travel a staggering 1.2 billion miles in search of Christmas gifts this year, new research from One4All Gift Vouchers from the Post Office has revealed.
Which.co.uk was launched in 1996 – what’s changed?
To celebrate its 10th anniversary, which.co.uk takes a look at products owned by most people today to see how different they were ten years ago, and makes predictions about what we can expect in ten years’ time.
OFT warns don't get scrooged at Christmas!
As Christmas approaches, the OFT is urging the public to be on the lookout when giving to charity and not to get caught out by scrooges (otherwise known as bogus charity bag collectors) who prey on people's good will to fill their own pockets.
Fears of global spending slowdown stoked by new AXA report
A new global report from AXA confirms the concerns of some retail analysts that tills in the UK will be ringing a little slower this Christmas. With millions set to spend less on presents for friends and family the only solace to be taken is the Brits still spend significantly more on Christmas presents than many countries around the world.
Brits spend over £4 billion on divorce
This year will be remembered as the ‘big-money break up year’ with Paul McCartney, Reese Witherspoon and Britney Spears all announcing their marriages are over.
Elderly inflation rate now exceeds 4%
Latest monthly figures show that the over-75s are still the age group being hardest hit by inflation with the elderly’s annual inflation rate in October jumping to 4.1%.
NatWest takes the ‘ouch’ out of voucher
Brits will waste more than £105 million this Christmas buying gift vouchers for people who won’t use them, according to new research.
WAGs can expect a cracking Christmas!
Men are the more generous sex when it comes to Christmas spending on their partners, according to an online survey by fool.co.uk.
Deck the halls to the tune of £1.6 billion
Christmas is no longer just preparing for the arrival of Santa Claus, but friends and relatives too, according to Alliance & Leicester Mortgages’ movingimproving index.
Retired Brits cut back to buy ‘tasteless’ Christmas presents
Millions of retired people across Britain will be pushing their finances to the limit this Christmas to buy presents that are barely valued by the recipients, according to a new report from AXA. Nearly a million retirees will even put themselves at risk by skimping on heating and energy bills to allow them to afford unloved presents.
Christmas could cost UK parents £1.8bn this year
With just 17 shopping days left until Christmas, new research reveals that UK parents will spend £262 on average on each of their children, a grand total of £1.8bn for all the children across the UK.
Spending confidence falls in the run up to Christmas
Following two months of recovery, the Nationwide Consumer Confidence Index fell 9 points in November to 89. The index is now below its 3 month average of 92 and 12 points lower than at this time last year.
Fun is cheaper – but don’t get caught out at Christmas
‘Fun is cheap’ in the UK as prices remain virtually unchanged over a decade despite the overall cost of living soaring by nearly a third, Egg’s Retail Therapy Index (RTI) reveals.