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Kids school gear
building contents home insurance Gone are the days when furry pencil cases, football stickers and yoyos were de rigueur classroom items. SCHOOL BAG ITEM AVERAGE COST Pay-as-you-go mobile 100 MP3 Player 150 Trainers 50 Gameboy Advance 70 Games 30 each Football Boots 30 School Bag 20 TOTAL 450 Martin Scott, Head of Churchill Home Insurance, said:. Read more...

British Kids Are Toying With A Fortune.

 
 

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* CEBR calculations based on the British Crime Survey. Looking at the nation as a whole, the report also predicts a dramatic rise in the number of household gadgets cluttering up UK homes over the next 10 years - up by a staggering 60%. These couples are the highest spenders on computers and DVD players - almost £550 per year. building contents home insurance Read more...

 
 
 
   
 
 
 

British Kids Are Toying With A Fortune.

BRITISH KIDS ARE TOYING WITH A FORTUNE.



1st Feb 2006

British youngsters are the proud owners of 28 billion worth of high-tech equipment
in their own bedrooms, according to research by home experts Lloyds TSB
Insurance. While a third of youngsters own gadgets, entertainment and high-tech
equipment worth up to 2,000 in their bedrooms, as many as 1 in 10 children have up
to 5,000 worth behind closed doors.
The survey into kid's bedroom technology shows how easily the huge price tag is
wracked up, with over 7 in 10 kids owning TV's in their bedrooms, almost 6 in 10
owning a games console and over half owning a DVD player / recorder.

 
 
 
 

Following The Carlisle Floods
Discounts for homeowners with security alarms, British Standard door and window locks and members of Neighbourhood Watch Schemes. The EA and SEPA have a 24 hour information service called Floodline available on 0845 988 1188. If your home or business is flooded, contact your insurance company as soon as possible. Keep it in a safe place, upstairs if possible. building contents home insurance Read more...

 
 
 
 


In addition, the following items made it onto the kid's bedroom must-have list:
51% have a hi-fi system in their bedroom.
40% have a video player in their bedroom.
34% have an iPod or mp3 player in their bedroom.
32% have a PC in their bedroom.
13% have digital TV or Sky TV in their bedroom.
10% have broadband connection.

The survey reveals that almost 9 in 10 children (88%) were given high tech items as
gifts, as opposed to purchasing items themselves with money earned from jobs (only
8%) or pocket money (only 5%). Despite the huge amount of gift-giving, less than 1
 
 
 
 

Dont be green
building contents home insurance Install security lights and alarms, where needed, as a deterrent. BUDGET has a few other tips for gardeners:. Gardeners should also take care not to leave tools lying around outside the home, as these can be used to force entry into the house itself. Secure back or side doors when you're in the garden. Read more...

 
 
 
 

in 10 parents (9%) thought that buying children high-tech items as gifts spoilt them.
Half of parents (50%) felt their children deserved or needed the items and almost a
quarter (22%) said they thought these items kept kids entertained and out of trouble.
Significantly, 1 in 20 parents (5%) said children's bedrooms now hold more valuables
than any other room in the house.

Phil Loney, Managing Director Lloyds TSB Insurance said: "It may surprise some
parents, but our survey shows that British youngsters are quite literally, sleeping on a
gold mine. As new technology increases, so to does the value of British kid's
 
 
 
 

British Women Waste
Each of these items costs an average £21.82. More than 70 percent of men (73%) and women (75%) will bag up their unwanted shirts, trousers and shoes and take them to the local store. The New Year diet craze is also to blame for women who are looking to drop a dress size and find a bargain – 63 percent have bought clothes in a size too small in the past and one in ten admit to doing this regularly. building contents home insurance Read more...

 
 
 
 


bedrooms, with many kids owning seven or eight individual high-priced items."
"With high tech trends set to continue, it's important that parents ensure their home
contents insurance is updated to include the ever increasing value of their kid's
bedrooms."

For more information on Lloyds TSB Home Insurance or a quote visit your local
branch, log onto Lloyds TSB Home Insurance. Save up to 15 per cent off normal
premiums when you buy online.

Notes:
Research conducted by Tickbox.net in January 2005. Sample size of 1312
Population figures provided by the Office of National Statistics, as of
December 2005, there were 13,221.4 million under 18 year olds.

 
 
 
 

MORETHAN DOES MORE
MORETHAN DOES MORE 20/03/2006 Leading home insurer MORE TH>N is improving its home insurance policy by increasing its standard cover limits to provide even more protection to homeowners. 80% of people now own a DVD player, just ten years since they were first produced, and already 10% have iPods just four years after launch. This way it is able to charge competitive prices and give the peace of mind of £75,000 worth of cover. building contents home insurance Read more...

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