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Life Begins at 60 - Spending the Inheritance
Forget knitting and false teeth, the new generation of grandparents are out and about and living it up.
A few years ago, retired American tourists started displaying bumper stickers that declared, “We’re spending the kids’ inheritance”. And what started as a joke has become a reality.
With better health, longer life expectancy, more plans for an […]
Give Us a Break: The New Working Day and Work-Life Balance
We often hear reports of the costs to British industry of employee sick days, the implication being that we’re a nation of skivers. A new survey looking at individual working hours gives us a clue as to why so many people need to take to their beds every few months.
Three quarters of UK business people […]
Beating the Credit Crunch
With the effects of the credit crunch taking hold UK consumers are looking to make spending cut backs on holidays, says a new report.
Rising interest rates, gas and electricity prices, council tax, water rates and weekly shopping bills are now squeezing British incomes so that luxury purchases such as holidays, home improvements, clothes and cars […]
