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New survey reveals that cash-strapped Brits are prepared to give up takeaways, nights out & takeaway coffees in 2023

 
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Topic starter 28/12/2022 3:06 pm  

New survey reveals that cash-strapped Brits are prepared to give up takeaways, nights out, takeaway coffees, TV subscriptions and more in 2023.

A new survey by Unbiased has revealed that Brits are determined to tackle the Cost of Living Crisis head on and plan to make financial New Year’s resolutions this year that could enable them to retire almost a decade early, save a nest egg, put a deposit on a home or achieve other financial goals.

The survey reveals that:

47% of Brits plan to give up takeaways

40% will stop eating out and going to the pub

30% intend to use their car less (an average saving of £103 per tank of petrol)

A quarter of Brits vow to give up subscription boxes (saving £15 each on average)

32% say they will give up buying takeaway coffee (saving an average of £25 per month)

22% plan to give up drinking at home (saving an average of £36 per month)

Only 27% of Brits are debt free

 


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 mjr
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28/12/2022 4:24 pm  

 Some of those seem unnecessarily extreme - why stop not reduce? - and I'll be amazed if half of them stick to the takeaway and pub ones. 

But that's the nature of Random Date resolutions.



   
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28/12/2022 9:59 pm  

Wow, only 27% are debt free…. I was expecting that figure to be higher.


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29/12/2022 9:43 pm  

@hughf probably includes mortgages as that metric. Possibly also credit cards and overdrafts?


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