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Kids school gear
Electronic Gadgets 16 % 4. These days, kids hit school equipped with must-have accessories such as the latest mobile phones (50 percent), expensive trainers (44 percent) and high-tech MP3 players (10 percent), with the contents of an average school bag estimated to be worth around 450. Clothing 12 % 5. Mobile Phones 36 % 2. The same percentage of parents even admitted they would 171 buy their kids a designer label school bag if brands like Louis Vuitton or 171 Gucci started making them. Read more...
Unsafe homes exposed
In contrast, a surprising and worrying finding reveals that only eight in ten (83 per cent) have a home insurance policy. Checking all gas and electrical appliances are switched off and not left on standby. Despite the major gap between perceptions and reality about household security, almost nine in 10 (89 per cent) of those quizzed believe that homeowners that do take safety precautions seriously, such as fitting locks, alarms, and other measures should pay lower insurance premiums. Read more...
Brits Ban Home Parties
However, almost one in five house proud homeowners (14.7 per cent) cite the risk of damage to their property as the reason for locking their doors and saying bah humbug to a party at home. Party planning - Plan to avoid damage. *Research conducted by Tickbox.net in November 2005. Interestingly, anxious male respondents lose more sleep over the prospect of Christmas domestic carnage than woman (16.2 per cent v 14 per cent) and even the traditional party heavyweights, the 16-24 year olds, claim to be too concerned about damaging their homes to risk throwing a party.

UK garden lovers
* ICM research (showing the amount people spent on their garden in the last 12 months) with figures from the Office of the Department of the Deputy Prime Minister (www.statistics.gov) for number of households in Great Britain in 2001 (24.14 million), adjusted to account for households without gardens (20.18 million). Over a third of homeowners (37%) have added an outbuilding - such as a shed or garage - to their property in the last five years and in the last 12 months alone over 3.62 million new outbuildings, including 2.9 million sheds, have sprung up across the UK. Read more...