Today
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Interesting Date – Fathers Day
According to research company Mintel, Britons spend around £510 million on Mother’s Day gifts in 2015, but only £350 million on Father’s Day gifts. (Poor dads!)
Interesting Date – Mothers Day
According to research company Mintel, in the UK sons spend more on their mothers on Mother’s Day than daughters. Over 40% more! (Men spend an average of 41.15 on Mother’s Day gift, whilst women send just 28.97. Sons spend more on flowers for their mums than they do for their partners on Valentine’s Day. The […]
Interesting Date – National Offer Day
National Offer Day (around the beginning of March) is when parents across England are told by their Local Authority whether their children will be offered a place in their first choice secondary school. (It is a fraught time for parents with children who are in their final year of primary school. In 2015 84.2% of […]
Interesting Date – 5th January
The 5th of January is Fat Cat Tuesday in the UK, which is when, according to campaign group the High Pay Center, top bosses in the UK will have earned more money by the end of this day than the average worker will do in a year. (The High Pay Centre estimates that chief executives […]