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New Poll from DiscountVouchers.co.uk Finds Middle Classes Most Regular Voucher Users

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The UK’s middle classes are those most likely to utilise online voucher codes to save according to a new survey. The poll has been carried out by leading retail deals website DiscountVouchers.co.uk, and found that more well off areas of the country are home to the most voucher users.

Respondents to the poll conducted by the money-saving website showed that the middle classes around the country are those who most regularly use retail vouchers to get themselves savings on their favourite, must-have labels.

In order, the top ten UK places for using voucher codes were revealed to be:

• Twickenham
• Guildford
• Truro
• Chester
• Canterbury
• Durham
• Dorchester
• Doncaster
• Motherwell
• Chelmsford

Gerard Doyle, DiscountVouchers.co.uk CEO, commented: “Interestingly the more traditionally middle class places like Twickenham and Guildford were shown to be the places in the UK where shoppers are most likely to save money using online voucher codes.”

“However at the opposite end of the survey were cities like Liverpool and Leeds, places where consumers were shown to be up to three times less likely to use money-saving voucher codes to get more for their budgets.”

The DiscountVouchers.co.uk service has seen ‘middle class’ stores like Ocado, White Stuff, M&S and French Connection prove particularly popular with users in recent times.

The DiscountVouchers.co.uk poll found the ten least likely users of voucher codes to be located in:

• Liverpool
• Leeds
• Sunderland
• Telford
• Dundee
• Luton
• Glasgow
• Wolverhampton
• Bradford
• Edinburgh

For more information visit www.discountvouchers.co.uk

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Quarter of UK Consumers Have No Knowledge of Partner’s Pay Finds New DiscountVouchers.co.uk User Survey

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Over a quarter of UK consumers has no knowledge of how much money their partners get paid according to new research this week. The survey, conducted by leading money-saving website DiscountVouchers.co.uk, found that over 25% of people know nothing of their loved one’s salary.

The DiscountVouchers.co.uk survey uncovered that 27.25% of UK consumers doesn’t know how much their partner makes, while 100% more women have personal bank accounts than men. Eight percent of women keep money in personal, secret bank accounts versus four percent of men.

Further to this the DiscountVouchers.co.uk survey also found that 43% of women lie to their loved ones about what they spend on clothing and outfits, versus 17% of men. The poll revealed that guilt was the main reason for lying to a partner in this way.

The voucher codes website polled consumers on their spending habits and uncovered that 40% of people regularly read a loved one’s personal bank or credit card statements. Contrary to that however, 10% of respondents don’t even bother looking at their credit card or bank correspondence at all.

Psychologist Dr Penny Goldsbrough comments: “We see a lot of this behaviour among consumers, and often it is most common in people with low levels of self-esteem and fear of the unknown. Opening a partner’s bank statements or credit card details implies a major lack of trust, as does having private bank accounts.”

Dr Goldsbrough continues: “Being cagey and secretive about finances is a maternal trait and so if a person has had a mother who lied about money to a father then it’s likely it is passed on to the offspring. Many people feel levels of guilt about spending money but conversely the need to spend money for therapy purposes is very common indeed.”

DiscountVouchers.co.uk helps Brits to save using money off vouchers for more than 800 of the country’s most famous on and offline retailers.

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DiscountVouchers.co.uk Poll Reveals Flowers as Leading Valentine’s Day Gift

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Leading money-saving website DiscountVouchers.co.uk – the website which helps people enjoy bargain deals at over 800 famous name stores – has announced the results of its latest user poll. The site’s survey has shown that flowers are still the top Valentine’s Day gift.

The website’s poll revealed that 40% of people believe flowers are still the most romantic Valentine’s Day gift. Next in line in the site’s poll was jewellery with 34% – yet 9% of Brits don’t consider a Valentine’s Day present necessary at all.

The top ten Valentine’s Day presents listed in the voucher codes website’s survey: 1. Flowers. 2. Jewellery. 3. Nothing. 4. Chocolates. 5. Champagne. 6. Lingerie. 7. Teddy bear. 8. Simple card. 9. Perfume. 10. CD.

For more information visit www.discountvouchers.co.uk
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About DiscountVouchers.co.ukDiscountVouchers.co.uk features the latest money saving offers from a growing range of retailers, all updated in real time. Designed to help consumers save money with both leading high street brands and specialist retailers, DiscountVouchers.co.uk offers one of the widest choices of discounts available.

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UK’s fastest-growing voucher codes site set to enhance subscriber offering via strategic partnership

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DiscountVouchers.co.uk, the money-saving website that helps shoppers save money at more than 800 top stores, has announced its move into the UK daily deals space through a new alliance with NimbleCommerce.

The UK retail deals market is already awash with US suppliers and the new partnership sees DiscountVouchers.co.uk set to make its own inroads into the space. By working with NimbleCommerce and its regional retail partners, DiscountVouchers.co.uk will be able to offer its users and subscribers daily deals which are tailored to their location and interests. The deals will be available to view at Deals.DiscountVouchers.co.uk.

The new DiscountVouchers.co.uk daily deals team has been established to grow the company’s position as the fastest-growing voucher codes website in the UK. The new team will be headed up by CEO Gerard Doyle, who will seek to leverage the site’s 150,000 a day unique visitors and database in excess of 5 million registered subscribers.

Gerard Doyle said: “This new move into the group buying space makes all the sense in the world, since our DiscountVouchers.co.uk voucher codes audience and daily deals users are so similar. We are well set up to take the fight to the established US daily deals providers who have gained themselves footholds in the UK market,” says Gerard.

The new DiscountVouchers.co.uk daily deals software platform has been built by e-commerce and daily deals specialists NimbleCommerce, a supplier of transactional tools which leverage mobile, search and social networks.

Gerard Doyle continued, “Many US group buying companies now have traction in the UK and there are also technology resellers present too. By getting together with NimbleCommerce we will be able to expand our offering beyond our current 5 million voucher code users and into the burgeoning group deals space.”

NimbleCommerce European Sales Director Peter Casey comments: “This is a really progressive step taken by DiscountVouchers.co.uk and we are pleased to be working with such a fast-growing voucher codes company. Our solutions allow retailers and consumers both to benefit, with merchants enjoying the in-built revenue protection we offer.”

“With DiscountVouchers.co.uk already having a database of over 5 million on which to build, we are confident that our technologies will empower them to keep growing and make fast inroads into the daily deals space in the UK,” Peter went on.
Gerard concluded, “We are well set to make this move into the group buying market in the UK, with us already having so many subscribers, so much data, so many partnerships and the know-how of how to grow a business rapidly”.

DiscountVouchers.co.uk will continue expanding in the UK with new regional growth plans in place for the coming three months. The first three cities targeted will be Brighton, Birmingham and Newcastle.

Since DiscountVouchers.co.uk was launched in 2009 the site has helped customers save more than £3.8 million and has generated revenues in excess of £25 million in the 12 months to August 2011. At present, the site features more than 500 new offers every day from over 3000 retailers including Marks&Spencer, House of Fraser, Lastminute.com and Sainsbury’s.

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