Economy

Consumers have had enough of confusing pricing policies and misleading value claims, says on-line electrical retailer value-direct.co.uk. In a new report issued today - 'Clarity begins@home, a call for clarity of pricing on the high street and on the web', value-direct.co.uk is calling for clarity of pricing both on the high street and on the net and value-direct.co.uk is urging the government to take a closer look at how prices are displayed both on and off-line.

Boom and bust in the internet industry and constant fears about security have done little to prevent the rise of people buying financial products on line according to a new MORI Financial Services poll commissioned by Screentrade, the UK's first on-line insurance supermarket. 2 million people are now purchasing or arranging their finances on line, an increase of 11% from just six months ago.

Consumers' lack of confidence in the strength of online security is hindering the expansion of Internet shopping according to research commissioned by the National Consumer Council (1 - see notes)

MORI survey reveals that 73% of utility procurement managers who spend between £10k and £150k annually on electricity, find it difficult to work out the best utility prices on offer and 92% believe a neutral intermediary would be helpful.

Lots of reasons are touted today why fewer and fewer couples are getting married - a lack of spiritual faith, a divorce culture, serial monogamy and a lowering of moral fibre throughout the western world!
Increasingly another reason is being cited - the EXPENSE.

Compaq Survey Reveals Lax Attitude Toward Data Security

Newly launched retirement specialist, Evergreen Retirement Assurance, backed by Britannic plc Group, has commissioned extensive research into awareness and attitudes on open market option in a nation-wide MORI poll.

Whatever's happened to the great British reserve? We are a nation of happy homeowners - and, what's more, we're prepared to admit it.

The internet revolution is a subject of massive indifference to most people, according to new research for business web site FT.com published today. Despite the perceived fame and fortune associated with the dotcom industry, the nation is gripped by the phenomenon of e-apathy, in which people surveyed about the internet said they either didn't know or didn't care about the subject.