An Englishman’s home is his castle they say. Well it seems that in that castle many of us think one of the rooms we spend the least amount of time in is the most important.
A quarter of people in Britain consider the bedroom to be the most important room in their house, according to new research.
Findings from ...
16:36 Mon 24th May 2010Your car keys, wallet, and handbag – these are some of the most valuable items in your home but isn’t it always the way that they are often treated as less than that. Slung into corners and abandoned these items should really be treated with more respect. Apparently many of us even keep such things in the k...
16:36 Mon 24th May 2010Most people are looking forward to the days when they can put their feet up and finish work for good. Many will spend the time just relaxing or pottering in the garden. However, there seems to be an increasing amount who will take the opportunity to get away and travel the world.
People of the baby-boomer generation a...
16:36 Mon 24th May 2010People in the UK are known for their stereotypical fear of having their ‘dirty laundry’ in public. We, as a nation, tend to be taciturn and close mouthed about personal matters and it seems this is true when discussing money matters.
The majority of people in the UK believe that money is a personal subject...
16:36 Mon 24th May 2010Most of us like to think we do our bit for those not as fortunate as ourselves. This may be something as small as dropping some change in a rattling tin or as large as making a monthly direct debit donation to charities. Recently there has been a rise in Charity goods which offer to make a donation on your behalf on yo...
16:36 Mon 24th May 2010We have all been there; on a shopping trip bought an item of clothing and it’s the wrong size. Do we just live with it and give it away as a present the next time someone has a birthday or do we exercise our consumer rights and take the offending garment back to the shop for a refund.
Most consumers admit to not...
16:36 Mon 24th May 2010Although many of us have received scam texts and emails saying we have won a prize most people realise that it is just a ruse to get our details so some criminals can fleece us for all our money. Unfortunately there is still a large proportion out there that is taken in by these villains.
Over 3 million UK adults fall...
16:36 Mon 24th May 2010We are all feeling the strain of the credit crunch and keeping a close eye on the purse strings. However, it seems that a third of us are seriously worried.
Debt is said to be a concern for one in three people in the UK, new research reveals.
According to a well known online financial services company, 33 per cent of...
16:36 Mon 24th May 2010Can there be anything more lovely than a beautiful bride in a gorgeous white dress on a warm sunny day getting married to the guy of her dreams. All their families are there, small cute children run around through the legs of smiling, well dressed adults with glasses of champagne toasting the happy couple. It is the fi...
16:36 Mon 24th May 2010Most people in the UK have some sort of debt, whether it is credit or store cards, personal loans or hire purchase finance, or simply a mortgage. And we all worry about it from time to time.
New research has revealed exactly how much time we spend worrying about our debt. Apparently the average Briton spends two years...
16:36 Mon 24th May 2010Owning your own home has been identified as a major priority for Britons under 30, according to a new study.
Alliance & Leicester research has found that more than half of 18 to 29-year-olds believe buying a property is an achievable goal before they hit 30. Getting married was another big priority picked out by c...
16:36 Mon 24th May 2010We are all trying to do our bit to save the Earth. Whether it is recycling our household waste or trying to buy goods without too much packaging it all helps. It seems that we are also prepared to spend a little more as well.
New research has found that people in Britain would be willing to fork out more for environme...
16:36 Mon 24th May 2010More than a quarter of energy customers in the UK owe money to their energy suppliers, according to new research.
Statistics from an online comparison site show that 6.8 million households are currently in arrears, with the average debt owed to firms being around £114. This amount of debt will prevent consumers ...
16:36 Mon 24th May 2010One in ten people in Britain believe that their money would be safest stowed under their mattress, according to new research.
A high street building society has found that this is up almost 300 per cent in light of the recent credit crunch, reaching a high of 15 per cent in the midlands and Wales.
Confidence in banks...
16:36 Mon 24th May 2010What a nightmare, you are just about to start a long journey in the car and your MP3 player has packed up. What do you do Listen to the radio and try to fix it when you get home or stop at the next services chuck it and buy a new one as they are cheap as chips anyway
A significant amount of people in the UK, more th...
16:36 Mon 24th May 2010Whether it is putting up that shelf, fixing that leaky tap or something more adventurous it seems that our houses are full of DIY jobs that are half finished. The research revealed that 1.7 million households have been living with an unfinished DIY or home renovation project for more than two years with bedrooms accoun...
16:36 Mon 24th May 2010People in the UK spend more than £4 billion each year on digital and satellite TV packages as the drive to phase out the old analogue broadcasting technology gathers pace, according to new research.
A study from a well known comparison website also found that one in four users are not happy with the service they...
16:36 Mon 24th May 2010A greater amount of people are looking for a caravan holiday, according to research from a vacation firm. A leading holiday park firm has reported a 30 per cent rise in the number of Britons making bookings.
It added that it invested more than £40 million in caravan sites in order "to meet and exceed guest ...
16:36 Mon 24th May 2010Many of us have felt the pinch over recent years and have seen our finances stretched almost to breaking point. For some, things were much worse and now they are struggling to pay off debts that can rise to the tens of thousands on credit cards, personal loans, finance and even mortgages.
Consumers struggling to meet ...
16:36 Mon 24th May 2010We have all been there, we look forward to our two weeks away all year then as soon as we get in the car to go to the airport a fight breaks out. It doesn’t matter if you are going abroad or staying in the UK, whether it is Timbuktu or Clacton, sometimes the close proximity of our loved ones make stress levels go...
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