Football fans spend £1.3bn to follow their teams

5th November 2019 Consumer Collections |

Premier League fans will shell out £1.3 billion this season to follow their teams – as increases in the price of home tickets, TV subscriptions and merchandise hit their wallets. The report has explored spending by match-going football fans over the past five Premier League seasons, incorporating car and rail travel, merchandise, tickets, in-stadium food…

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Consumer spending grows by 1.5% in October

5th November 2019 Consumer Collections |

Consumer spending grew by just 1.5 percent in October, narrowly falling behind the current rate of inflation, as consumers remained cautious with their spending according to new data from Barclaycard, which sees nearly half of the nation’s credit and debit card transactions, shows that essential spending grew slightly by 0.2 percent, bolstered by a 1.5…

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Twenty more businesses suspended from Prompt Payment Code

5th November 2019 Commercial Credit Management |

Twenty firms – including IBM and Unilever – have been suspended from the Prompt Payment Code for failing to pay suppliers on time, the Chartered Institute of Credit Management (CICM) have announced. Diageo, GlaxoSmithKline and Kier businesses are also among those that have failed to honour their Code commitment to pay 95% of all supplier…

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