Relationships

Half price savings for half term bikes

Keep children entertained during the week off school with a brand new bike. Halfords is offering up to 50% off selected bikes, while stocks last.

Keep little ones safe for half the price with Halfords

Make sure your children are travelling safely in your car. There’ll be no excuse not to get them what they need with Halfords’ great deals.

Harvey Nichols Manchester launches pre-nup package

Savvy brides-to-be will be rushing to get this season’s wedding must have as Harvey Nichols Manchester launches the first ever pre-nup bridal package that includes everything from make-up consultations to legal consultations with help from Dennison Greer Solicitors.

Take the plunge and get married for free in St Lucia

With scenic views of the Piton Mountains, crystal waters and idyllic beaches, Jade Mountain, St. Lucia is the perfect location for the perfect wedding day.

Families team up to split half term holiday costs

2009 was the year of the ‘stay-cation’ and 2010 looks set to be the year of the ‘share-cation’ with budget-stretched families sharing their holidays with friends and relations.

Adult children bank on retired parents

Retiring parents face increasing financial pressure from adult children, according to new research from Aviva. Although work and wages may have come to an end, the bank of Mum and Dad is expected to stay open.

Sex and money to blame for rising tide of over 50s divorce

One in four people over 50 blame a lack of interest in sex as the reason behind their divorce, according to new research by Saga Legal Services.

The perfect time for a couple's first holiday

A relationship survey released by leading airline Virgin Atlantic states that the perfect time to take a first holiday with a new partner is after precisely six months, two weeks and one day into a relationship.

Is motherhood a catalyst for relationships?

Most couples grow closer after having a baby, the results of a new poll reveal today. Despite many (68%) finding motherhood much harder work than they imagined, eight out of ten mums agreed that their relationship with their partner had been strengthened by the experience.

Parents use more energy than kids at half term

British children will spend over half their waking hours watching TV, playing games consoles and using beautifying electronics such as hair straighteners during next week’s half term holiday – despite this, statistics show that it is their parents who end up consuming more energy.

Brits fight it out in the 2010 heating war

As many as one in three people (33 per cent) argue with their family about whether to turn the heating on, with a fifth (20 per cent) admitting they get irritated because someone else switches it on before they want to, according to research from moneysupermarket.com.

8-18s see benefits of part-time work

The UK's 8-18 year-olds are very keen to secure part-time work before they are 18 and believe that it will help them get ahead in life by giving them valuable work and money management experience, according to the M&S Money Under-18s' Work and Money Survey 2010.