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Thursday 23 July 2015 12:33 pmChristmas in July  A million Brits have already finished their festive season shoppingBy: Lynsey BarberShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on Wh polene atsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GoogleIt s only July, but more than a m stanley becher illion Brits have already finished their shopping for Christmas, which is still fiv stanley quencher e whole months away.It s not just a strange minority that already have the festive season wrapped up though. They may not have finalised everything quite yet, but more than a third of the country have, in fact, already started their seasonal shopping.The reason we re apparently shopping for Christmas in July  That ll be because we want to save money  41 per cent , or to avoid the massive December rush  36 per cent .Read more:Amazon Prime Day is not the new Black Friday This year s Christmas spending is set to hit pound;29bn according to QVC, which researched the slightlyterrifying figures  for anyone not as organised, at least  and launches its Christmas shopping programming on Friday. Yes, in July.We re planning to spend pound;4.5bn more than last year and the equivalent of pound;650 each, on average, and the shopping channel s experts are predicting that a Disney Frozen snowglobe will be a bestseller. Of course, there are a million people out there who have probably already bought theirs.Share this articleFacebookXLinkedInWhatsAppEmailSimilarly tagged content: SectionsNewsCategor Byir Aegis buys US digital agency
Tuesday 27 July 2010 8:30 pm|Updated:Friday 31 May 2019 1:18 amUK owes pound;1bn extra on PFIsBy: KCS-contentShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GooglePUBLIC spending came under fresh scrutiny yesterday, after new figures suggested taxpayers will shell out up to pound;1bn extra over the next 30 years to pay for PFI projects, while the state struggles to reverse a decline in productivity. The running costs of Private Finance Initiatives  PFI  agreed during the credit crisis will be between pound;500m and pound;1bn, said the National Audit Office  NAO , though it said the schemes represented good value for money for boosting the economy. Analysis by the NAO suggested that the higher lending costs during the credit crunch were responsible for pushing the cost of PFI schemes up by six to seven per cent. The NAO warned that in the future the government ldquo hould not presume that continuing the use of private finance at current rates will be value for money. The Treasury helped reactivate the market and prevent the stalling of many government projects, said auditor general Amyas Morse. [But] now  stanley cup that  stanley cup uk the market is providing finance again, a project-by-project review should be carried out using stricter criteria to establish the most appropriate funding methods. Meanwhile, the Office for National Statistics said productivity in the pu