• Bargain-hunting Britons can save up to 65 per cent on designer labels and 51 per cent on toys in New York • Four-in-five of 150 Christmas gift surveyed by Post Office Travel Money cost less in New York than in London • Savvy shoppers can buy a Duty Free Dream Dozen family gifts and save 40 per cent
Post Office has won the accolades for Best Overall Personal Finance Provider, Best Travel Insurance and Best Variable Rate Mortgage Lender at the prestigious Personal Finance awards 2017.
• Properties in Edinburgh and Glasgow sell fastest – an average of 41 and 50 days, with Liverpool and Belfast taking the longest time, despite being affordability hotspots for first-time buyers • Nationwide, the time it takes to sell a home is decreasing with properties in Edinburgh and Stoke-on-Trent taking 25 per cent less time to sell since last year
• Riga is the best bargain of 10 European cities surveyed for a Christmas Market break (www.postoffice.co.uk/christmasmarkets) • Costs are down year-on-year in five cities with double digit falls in Lille and Munich • Designer goods cost over 22 per cent less in Berlin than in London and savvy shoppers can save almost a third on an Apple iPad or Levis 501s in Riga
52% do not know the speed of broadband they currently receive
48% do not remember the broadband speed that was advertised to them when they bought their package
Two in five (40%) of those with slow internet connection take no action and wait for any problems to fix itself
Today it is revealed that half of all UK broadband users1 are not up to speed with their internet, and 48% adm
Six in ten parents can afford to make a financial contribution to help their children buy their first home however only 5% can pay for the full deposit
61% of parents are also helping their children financially through other means incl. rent-free accommodation and free childcare
Parental financial assistance can halve the time it takes for millennial FTBs to save for deposit as most can
Post Office Money has introduced (5th October) a new suite of competitive rates across the Post Office Online Savings range.
Costa del Sol is best for a half term holiday: almost half the cost of Lanzarote
Sterling now stronger than a year ago when it sunk to its lowest level in 2016 - with some of the biggest gains against long haul holiday currencies
Dubai is cheapest for a long haul break: Kenya costs around 50 per cent more
Families hoping to swap the UK autumn weather for a sunshine break abroad at half te
Prices plunge in three-quarters of European ski resorts surveyed for the 11th annual Post Office Travel Money Ski Resort Report
Slovenia’s Kranjska Gora resort emerges as cheapest for the first time
Italy challenges Eastern Europe with four resorts in best value top 10
Biggest price fall of 13 per cent is in Morzine in the French Alps
Price gap widens between Canadian and
Big price falls help Tokyo leapfrog Cape Town to rate as best value in the Long Haul Holiday Report for the first time (www.postoffice.co.uk/longhaul) Prices for meals, drinks and other tourist staples are down year-on-year in 40 per cent of destinations surveyed Biggest falls recorded in top Caribbean Islands: Antigua, St Lucia and Jamaica Vietnam and Costa Rica, Post Office 2017 hotlist
Post Office Fastest Growing Currencies reportreveals appetite for Far East travel •69 per cent summer sales surge for Thai baht signals winter sun success for Thailand •Boom in currency demand for Vietnam, Bali and Malaysia as well •New Zealand dollar is the Fastest Growing Currency as Lions Tour boosts demand •Croatia is the big winner in Europe – summer sales for kuna rise by a third
Lower ticket prices have made Prague Europe’s cheapest city for culture this autumn Survey of 16 cultural capitals reveals wide price variations as two-in-five cite culture and heritage as the reason for their choice of city Berlin is cheapest in the eurozone: a third the price of Spain’s cultural capitals New York is most expensive but prices are down 30 per cent on two years ago
