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Results for Recession tag

December 2014

Which? urges Government to help consumers save more in 2015

27 December 2014

Which? is calling on the Government to introduce a national savings strategy in 2015 as we find a third of people are planning to save less in the coming months. The latest findings from the Which? Consumer Insight Tracker show that while nearly half (49%) are worried about their level of savings, a third of people (33%) are […]

Press Release: Banking, Banks, Consumer, customers, Financial services, government, Money, Personal Finance, Recession, Richard Lloyd, Which?

September 2013

Cost of living tops the agenda for consumers

8 September 2013

Ahead of this year’s party conference season, we reveal how consumers are feeling about the cost of living. The Which? Consumer Insight Tracker, which monitors on a monthly basis how consumers are coping in the current financial climate, confirms that consumer confidence is up: 31% expect the economy to improve in the next year, up […]

Press Release: Consumer, government, Money, Recession, Richard Lloyd, Which?

April 2013

Which? response to latest GDP figures

25 April 2013

Which? executive director Richard Lloyd said: “We have avoided a triple-dip recession, but consumers are still feeling the pinch and many expect their household finances to remain under severe pressure for months to come. Our figures show a third of us feel squeezed with millions cutting back on essentials or resorting to high cost credit. […]

Statement: Business, Consumer, Economy, government, Money, Personal Finance, Recession, Richard Lloyd, Which?

February 2013

Long squeeze is ticking time bomb for cash strapped consumers

13 February 2013

New Which? research paints a gloomy picture of consumers caught up in a long squeeze that sees many unable to save, too worried to spend and unlikely to cope with financial shocks. Which?’s latest Quarterly Consumer Report shows more than half (54%) of consumers expect their household budget to be tighter this year and 42% of people expect the economy […]

Press Release: Consumer, Economy, Financial services, Money, Personal Finance, Recession, Richard Lloyd

January 2013

Consumers struggle to stay positive as economy flat lines

25 January 2013

News that the economy contracted at the end of last year will come as no surprise to hard pressed households, with two-thirds (68%) of people describing the economy as poor, and more than four in 10 (44%) saying they expect it to get worse in the next 12 months. The latest Which? Consumer Insight tracker […]

Press Release: Business, Consumer, Economy, Energy, Financial services, Food, Fuel, government, Money, Recession, Triple dip

August 2012

Five years on and three quarters of people say banks still haven’t learnt their lesson

9 August 2012

Five years on from the day the global financial crisis officially started and the public are more disillusioned with the banking sector than ever before. As the Parliamentary Inquiry on Banking Standards prepares to get underway, a new Which? survey has found almost three-quarters (71%) of people don’t think UK banks have learnt their lesson from the financial crisis – up […]

Press Release: Banks, Economy, Financial services, Money, Personal Finance, Recession

July 2012

Which? response to GDP figures

25 July 2012

Which? executive director Richard Lloyd said: “Today’s shocking GDP figures are further evidence of what hard-pressed consumers know only too well, that we are in the midst of the biggest financial squeeze since the 1920s. “Our Consumer Report found Britons are among the most economically vulnerable consumers in Europe, with people’s ability to save at rock […]

Statement: Consumer, Economy, Personal Finance, Recession

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