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Brits are too uncomfortable to haggle - but when they go abroad this happens
2016-02-01 03:06:42| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
More than half of people prefer trying to knock money off a purchase when they are abroad rather than in the UK, a survey has found More than half of people prefer trying to knock money off a purchase when they are abroad rather than in the UK, according to the survey for Nationwide Building Society's Simply Rewards cashback scheme. While seven in 10 people had attempted to barter in UK shops, this was mainly restricted to markets and car dealerships.
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Why Brits are back in love with bingo
2016-01-02 02:07:57| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Why Brits are falling back in love with bingo
Boxing Day weather hell: 10,000 homes without power and Brits 'at risk of death'
2015-12-26 08:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Star: Hundreds were told to abandon their homes and prepare for the worst as the Met Office issued ELEVEN red weather warning for in the north of England on Boxing Day. Families were left unable to even make a cup of tea when the lights went out due to flooding. Electricity North West confirmed 10,000 homes in Rochdale were currently without power today. The Army was put on standby for damage control on Christmas Day, as it was forecast that a months worth of rain would soak towns already saturated...
Majority of Brits back ethical investment and two-thirds think fossil fuels are risky
2015-06-09 16:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The majority of the British public want their investments to have a positive impact on the future and would be unhappy to discover their money is supporting unethical businesses, a new report has revealed. Renewable investment platform Abundance Generation published the report Consequences. Possibly the least used word in the investment world. A poll finds that almost three-quarters of Brits want to know where their money is being invested and 70% want to avoid unethical businesses. In the...
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Poll: over a quarter of Brits dont believe climate change is a serious problem
2015-06-08 12:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: A new survey has revealed that Chinas population is most likely to support strong action on climate change, while the US and Britain are at the bottom of the list. The findings suggest that over a quarter of Brits think climate change is not a serious problem. The poll has been conducted ahead of country representatives meeting in Paris in December. At the UN meeting, it is hoped that an international treaty on climate change can be agreed that will limit global temperature rise to 2C above pre-industrial...
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