Archive for July, 2010

7 Questions: Courtney Blackman, Founder and MD of Forward PR

Posted by Kagem Tibaijuka in 7 Questions, Fashion PR on 23/07/2010

Courtney Blackman is one of the top women in fashion in the UK. The MD of boutique agency Forward PR and the co-founder of the Fashion Business Club, Courtney has been featured in Drapers and Vogue.com. Forward PR has secured coverage for their clients in press such as InStyle Spain, British Vogue and The Financial Times’ [...]

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59 per cent of PRs do not have a pension

Posted by Kagem Tibaijuka in Surveys on 06/07/2010

The next result from our survey highlighted the relationship between the respondents and pensions. 59 per cent said they did not have a personal pension. The diagram below shows this visually:

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94 per cent of PRs do not have income insurance

Posted by Kagem Tibaijuka in Surveys on 05/07/2010

One of our most interesting results from our personal finance survey is about income insurance. Of the 37 respondents, 94.4 per cent said they do not have income insurance. The difference between those who do and those who don’t is shown in the image below:

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48 per cent of PRs save money using cash ISAs

Posted by Kagem Tibaijuka in Surveys on 04/07/2010

Our next result from our survey shows that 48.6 per cent of PRs save money by using cash Instant Savings Accounts (ISAs). ISAs can be obtained from banks like NatWest or building societies like Nationwide. The doughnut chart below shows other ways that PRs are saving money:

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67 per cent of PRs are not saving for retirement

Posted by Kagem Tibaijuka in Surveys on 02/07/2010

An illuminating result from our personal finance survey showed that 67.6 per cent of PRs are not saving for retirement. Our sample size for the survey was 37 respondents, so while this is small, the result still shows that PRs are not thinking of retirement yet. However, 32.4 per cent of PRs said they are [...]

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