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Consumers likely to play safe rather than spend, spend, spend
Half (51%) of people in the UK who have built up their savings during the pandemic intend to hang onto these funds, new research suggests.
The findings pose a challenge to the view that the UK economy will bounce back in 2021 due to a sudden release of pent-up consumer demand, says Ipsos MORI, which surveyed more than 3,000 people for Nationwide Building Society’s UK Consumer Insight Panel.
What’s more, this comes at a time of record-low interest rates, when there has never been less of an incentive to save.
Three quarters (74%) of those who took part in the survey said they want to save more than they have done in the past, as the pandemic has shown the world is full of risk and uncertainty. And eight in ten (79%) said they want to save enough money so they don’t need to worry about losing their job.
Alyson Walsh in a blue kimono
Credit: Clara Molden
To celebrate the Great Unlocking – as well as browsing every non-essential shop in the local area – I’ve felt compelled to wear proper shoes again. My newfound freedom doesn’t involve ostentatious dressing or spending hours online booking outdoor venues – simply switching up my shoes is enough.
It’s funny how such a small tweak can make an outfit (and a person) feel more pulled-together. Birkenstocks and socks, go to the back of the queue. Make way for grown-up footwear – I’m going places. As a comfy-shoe lover with a penchant for “walkable” styles, my favourites are the classic flats: brogues and Oxfords, and the easiest footwear to slip into at this time of year, the loafer.
What Britain s holiday hotspots will really be like this year
From Cornwall to the Lake District, here s plenty to enjoy on home soil – here s what to expect
St Ives will feature on many UK holiday wishlists
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Are you planning for a Great British Summer? With domestic holidays back on in England and Wales, and little certainty provided on the resumption of foreign travel, UK tourist resorts are expecting a bumper season. Telegraph Travel marked the Great Unlock of self-catering accommodation on April 12 by sending our writers out to report on reopenings. The weather has yet to catch up with the optimism heralded by the gradual easing of lockdown. Come summer, hopefully this will have changed.
Bluebell the campervan was the perfect host for post-lockdown staycation
I don’t really like camping, so it was clearly a lockdown fatigue-induced moment of madness that led to me sleeping with my mother and two dogs inside a beautiful VW campervan called Bluebell earlier this week.
With reports that self-catering properties were getting booked up fast and horror stories of families paying over the odds for a week in a tiny cottage in Kent, I took to Camptoo – a peer-to-peer campervan rental website – and sought out a more affordable option for our first holiday of the year. April 12 was our first day of real freedom, and what better way to do it than in a classic campervan?