Economy

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.

Consumers are not shopping around for the best deal when arranging personal finance a survey revealed today, but this looks set to change as the Internet makes borrowers sharpen up when looking for a personal loan.

Globalisation has hit the headlines in recent months, with the demonstrations in Seattle late last year and, over the last few days, at the IMF and World Bank meetings in Washington. But public opinion has rarely been sought on the subject.