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Women are more likely to take a prudent approach to their finances while men are more bullish, according to latest findings from the British Market Research Bureau (BMRB) Consumer Confidence Survey.
Only 1 in 10 adults say they definitely feel financially secure in the current economic climate, but women (6%) are less than half as likely to feel financially secure as men (14%).
More women are likely to have cut back on purchases recently (75%) than men (67%). Indeed men seem to have a much more gung ho attitude with 29% spending “exactly as I did before” compared with…
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The November consumer confidence findings from market research agency, British Market Research Bureau reveals:
Financial Security: At present only 10% (1 in 10) of adults aged 16-64 definitely feel financially secure. This rises to 14% among men vs. just 6% of women.
Job security: 17% of employees feel insecure in their current job. Those aged 16-24 years are even less confident (27%). Among all working adults, 79% would consider their current employment secure. This figure drops to 64% for those who are self employed.
Housing Market: 28% of adults 16-64 are likely to either move home or start the…
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As profit warnings and redundancies hog the media headlines, the October Confidence Tracker from British Market Research Bureau looks at how confident a typical cross section of the Great British public is.
Financial security
Less than 1 in 10 adults aged 16-64 (9%) feel financially secure at the moment. 46% say they do to a degree and a further 44% say not really or not at all
Job security
A fifth of workers feel insecure in their current employment. Workers in London are feeling particularly insecure, with more than a third (36%) saying this, followed by those working in…
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Pre-Paid Cards look like being one of the next 'big things' in the world of financial transactions. Hailed as heralding the ‘death of cheques’ and the ‘end of cash’, they are already in widespread use as payment to ‘the financially excluded’. Such bodies as The Department of Work and Pensions are seriously looking at how to use these for Benefits Payments.
At the recent Pre-Paid Cards Conference (sponsored by MasterCard and Visa), Nick Philp of BMRB presented what is believed to be the first substantial piece of quantitative research into usage of these cards. The research was a joint…
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On UK Older People’s Day new research reveals a rich variety of knowledge, culture and practical know how being passed down through families.
Family history, practical skills, stories and recipes top the list of hand-me-downs, with nearly three quarters (73%) of people saying this knowledge is more likely to be held by their grandparents’ generation rather than their own.
There’s an appetite to keep this knowledge alive with over three quarters (77%) of us worrying that it may die out.
For fixing, making, providing or entertaining from scratch, our older friends and relatives can be a great source of practical…
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The third annual Food Miles study, an independent survey by the British Market Research Bureau (BMRB), reveals that while awareness of the environmental impact of buying imported foods is still improving, the increase in cost of food is beginning to affect people’s green attitudes.
The good news is that people’s awareness of the concept of Food Miles has escalated to 66% (from 59% in 2007 and just 36% in 2006), and the proportion of shoppers who regularly buy British grown fruit and vegetables continues to rise – it is now 54% (up from 50% 2007).
This new BMRB…
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Are men more likely than women to spend their way out of the recession?
