Family
Parents spend £2 billion preparing kids for the new term
Parents across the country will be dreading the return to school this week even more than their children as new research by Santander Credit Cards reveals the eye-watering cost of going back to school.
Children cost £90,000 before high school
The cost of raising a pre-secondary school child now stands at £91,377 according to latest research from Halifax.
Family roast at risk from petrol prices
Family get-togethers are being pushed to the wayside by the rising cost of motoring, reveals a new study from Hyundai.
Parents spend £1,247 every year on ‘extra' school costs
More than one in ten Brits (eleven per cent) are shelling out over £200 a year on after school clubs for their kids because of the sheer rise in parental workloads, according to new research.
Move over 90's Super Woman, meet our SMARTmums
Remember the image of the Super Woman in the 90s? Baby in one arm, briefcase in the other? As many women strived for the career driven yummy mummy ideal, a new report by Tesco Mobile shows that instead of pressuring themselves to be super, women today are being smart.
Parents feel the back-to-school squeeze as costs rise to £5k
Parents spend more than £5,000 kitting their children out with the basics for school life, according to a new report.
Parents make the grade with savvy September spending
As the summer draws to a close, UK shops are filling up with parents kitting this year's back to schoolers out.
Brits hide debt from their partners
A new report from The Co-operative Bank has revealed the huge amount of debt - £41bn - that people in relationships are hiding away from their other halves, and the legal implications of the secret cash stash.
Private school fees rise nearly twice as fast as inflation
Private school fees have increased by an average of 68% in the past decade, a rate of growth that is over 1.8 times faster than the increase in the Retail Price Index (37%) over the same period, according to latest research by Lloyds TSB Private Banking.
Brits hitting restaurants and bars in "summer of social spending"
Santander is expecting figures to show a "summer of social spending" this year that is seeing Brits, inspired by the summer sporting feel-good factor, heading to restaurants and bars around the UK to socialise with friends and family.
Love don't cost a thing say Brits
Confused.com has revealed that love could be one of the biggest losers of the recession as bailing out one's partner or spouse is the most resented expenditure among the nation's adults.
Higher rate taxpayers plan to avoid child benefit income tax
A quarter (25 per cent) of higher rate taxpayers expecting to have their child benefit payments reduced due to new tax rules which come into force next year, may boost their pension contributions to avoid the tax. That's according to new independent research commissioned by Prudential.
Introducing the UK’s savviest family
A HGV driver and his family from Pontefract, Yorkshire are announced as the UK’s savviest family in 2012, after showcasing their money-saving talents in the national Nectar Savvy Family competition.
Three in four adults agree with time of TV ‘watershed'
UK adults increasingly believe that the 9pm ‘watershed' on TV is set at the right time, Ofcom research reveals.
Teenage dreams see British youngsters aim high
As the nation's GCSE students receive their results today, the next generation will be seriously thinking about their futures. But the nation's teenagers are clear in their career aspirations, according to research carried out by J.P. Morgan Asset Management.